Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Full reference: F. Traub. 1938. Geologische und paläontologische Bearbeitung der Kreide und des Tertiärs im östlichen Rupertiwinkel, nördlich von Salzburg [Geological and paleontological work on the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the eastern Ruperti region, north of Salzburg]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 88:1-107
Belongs to Taras (Diplodonta) according to F. Traub 1938
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Microstagon), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma), Diplodonta (Sphaerella), Diplodonta (Timothynus), Diplodonta (Zemysina), Diplodonta acclinis, Diplodonta aleutica, Diplodonta astartea, Diplodonta balcombensis, Diplodonta confusa, Diplodonta corbiscula, Diplodonta cornea, Diplodonta dalli, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, Diplodonta dissona, Diplodonta ferruginata, Diplodonta globosa, Diplodonta hopkinsiensis, Diplodonta incerta, Diplodonta inconspicua, Diplodonta infrequens, Diplodonta lupinus, Diplodonta mediamericana, Diplodonta nucleiformis, Diplodonta orbella, Diplodonta paralta, Diplodonta parilis, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Felaniella senegalensis, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella insula, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Taras goodspeedi, Taras (Taras)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Haunsberg, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone/marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mt. Haunsberg
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