Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonodidae

Alternative combinations: Anodontophora canalensis, Tellina canalensis

Belongs to Unionites according to M. Hautmann et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites donacinus, Unionites elisabethae, Unionites fassaensis, Unionites gregarius, Unionites griesbachi, Unionites guizhouensis, Unionites letticus, Unionites manmuensis, Unionites minimus, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 16.2 x 6.3, valve 19.4 x 11.5