Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: M. Hautmann and A. Nützel. 2005. First record of a heterodont bivalve (Mollusca) from the Early Triassic: palaeoecological significance and implications for the ‘Lazarus Problem’. Palaeontology 48(6):1131-1138
Belongs to Sinbadiella according to R. Hofmann and M. Hautmann 2013
See also Hautmann and Nützel 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BSPG2004XII-10. Its type locality is Windowblind Butte, Bed VIII, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (4: Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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