Unionites Wissmann 1841 ...

• Main Authors: Foster, William J., Danise, Silvia, Twitchett, Richard J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Bivalvia; Trigoniida; Trigonodidae; Unionites; Recess; Silvia; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10903523; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10903523

Genus Unionites Wissmann, 1841 Type species. Unionites muensteri Wissmann, 1841; Carnian, Late Triassic; South Tyrol, Italy. Diagnosis. The generic diagnosis follows Geyer et al. (2005). Shell suboval to elongate-elliptical or rectangular to trapeziform; equivalve, inequilateral. Umbo prosogyrate. Shell surface smooth except for growth rugae, or with rather fine commarginal riblets and, rarely, a faint radial ornamentation. Anterior hinge margin of right valve projects beyond the plane of commissure, fitting into a recess in the opposite valve. Small subumbonal groove limits this shell projection posteriorly. Posterior lateral tooth of right valve generally distinct, engaging below posterior dorsal margin of left valve. Hinge of left valve with anterior platform that bears depression for corresponding anterior hinge margin of right valve, followed posteriorly by small, tuberculiform subumbonal tooth. Narrow groove extends parallel to margin at distal part of anterior hinge margin and corresponds to anterior ... : Published as part of Foster, William J., Danise, Silvia & Twitchett, Richard J., 2017, A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard, pp. 851-877 in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 (10) on page 862, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1245680, http://zenodo.org/record/10883052 ...