†Phaenodesmia areolata Bittner 1895 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Full reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236
Belongs to Phaenodesmia according to A. Bittner 1895
Sister taxa: Phaenodesmia klipsteiniana, Phaenodesmia laubeana, Phaenodesmia peruana, Phaenodesmia similis
Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (K.K. Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (K.K. Geol Reichsanstalt coll)
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