Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combinations: Anodontophora muensteri, Anoplophora muensteri
Full reference: H. L. Wissmann. 1841. Taxonomic names, in Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:1-152
Belongs to Unionites according to W. J. Foster et al. 2019
See also Awad 1945, Cox 1924, Laube 1865 and Wissmann 1841
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 ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites grandis, Myacites obtusus, Myacites baconicus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites radiatus, Myacites depressus, Myacites musculoides, Myacites faba, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora conjugens, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora isocardioides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Egypt (1 collection), Germany (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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