Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Alternative combination: Sanguinolites elongatus
Full reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100
Belongs to Vacunella according to H. Prinoth and R. Posenato 2023
See also Ciriacks 1963
Sister taxa: Vacunella camachoi, Vacunella curvata, Vacunella dawsonensis, Vacunella lunulata, Vacunella novosemelica, Vacunella oblonga, Vacunella praecurvata, Vacunella rostrata, Vacunella waterhousei
Type specimen: USNM 140517, a shell (Bivalved specimen). Its type locality is Horseshoe Canyon, Daggett County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Park City Formation of Utah.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (6 collections), United States (7: Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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