Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Alternative combinations: Lithophagus faba, Modiolus (Modiolus) faba
Belongs to Myacites according to Winkler 1859
See also Bittner 1901, Stoppani 1865 and Winckler 1861
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 muensteri, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Myacites obtusus, Myacites depressus, Myacites radiatus, Myacites baconicus, Myacites (Pleuromya), Myacites musculoides, Myacites grandis, Myacites inconspicuus, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora telleri, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora sublettica, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora recta, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora torreana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (2 collections), Hungary (2), Italy (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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