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, Myacites baconicus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites faba, Myacites depressus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites musculoides, Myacites grandis, Myacites radiatus, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora liasokeuperina, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora isocardioides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Huairas, Huánuco (Triassic of Peru)
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