Costatoria whateleyae Buch 1845 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae

Alternative combinations: Myophoria whateleyae, Trigonia whateleyae

Belongs to Costatoria according to S. Dominici and S. Danise 2024

See also Bittner 1895 and von Wöhrmann 1889

Sister taxa: Costatoria (Napengocosta), Costatoria costata, Costatoria fallax, Costatoria inaequicostata, Costatoria katsurensis, Costatoria kobayashii, Costatoria melanesiana, Costatoria nazeensis, Costatoria omanica, Costatoria subrotunda, Costatoria vestitaeformis, Myophoria (Costatoria) goldfussi, Myophoria (Costatoria) kweichowensis, Myophoria (Costatoria) mansuyi, Myophoria (Costatoria) minor, Myophoria (Costatoria) nuitoensis, Myophoria (Costatoria) radiata, Myophoria (Costatoria) submultistriata, Myophoria (Costatoria) szechenyii

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (3 collections), Germany (3), Hungary (2), Italy (4)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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