Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Belongs to Cassianella according to J. P. Smith 1927
Sister taxa: Cassianella ampezzana, Cassianella angusta, Cassianella angustula, Cassianella avicularaeformis, Cassianella beyrichii, Cassianella bicostata, Cassianella carinthiaca, Cassianella cordillerana, Cassianella decussata, Cassianella dieneri, Cassianella elegantula, Cassianella euglypha, Cassianella euglyphoides, Cassianella gallensteini, Cassianella gryphaeata, Cassianella johannisboehmi, Cassianella katialotica, Cassianella launsdorfiensis, Cassianella lineata, Cassianella lingulata, Cassianella nyanangensis, Cassianella peruana, Cassianella planata, Cassianella pseudoavicularis, Cassianella robusta, Cassianella shastensis, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella simplex, Cassianella sturi, Cassianella subeuglypha, Cassianella symmetrica, Cassianella tenuistria, Cassianella verbeeki
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 8836, Bostwick Inlet, Gravina Island, which is in a Lacian carbonate limestone in the Nehenta Formation of Alaska
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS 8836, Bostwick Inlet, Gravina Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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