Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combinations: Axinus elongatus, Pullastra elongata
Belongs to Anodontophora according to E. Jaworski 1922
Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites canalensis, Unionites donacinus, Unionites elisabethae, Unionites fassaensis, Unionites gregarius, Unionites griesbachi, Unionites guizhouensis, Unionites jacobi, Unionites kobyumensis, Unionites letticus, Unionites manmuensis, Unionites minimus, Unionites muensteri, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora omolonica, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora pappi, Myacites faba, Myacites radiatus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites grandis, Myacites baconicus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites depressus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites musculoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Huairas, Huánuco (Triassic of Peru)
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