Towapteria nipponica Nakazawa and Newell 1968 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: K. Nakazawa and N.D. Newell. 1968. Permian bivalves of Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Series of Geology and Mineralogy 35(1):1-108

Belongs to Towapteria according to M. Wang 1993

See also Fang 1987 and Zhang 1977

Sister taxa: Towapteria equicosta, Towapteria guangxingensis, Towapteria guizhouensis, Towapteria minima, Towapteria peracuta, Towapteria radiocostata, Towapteria scythica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tenjinnoki, Maiya, which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Tenjinnoki Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (5 collections), Japan (5)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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