Tambanella gujoensis 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 Tambanella according to Z.J. Fang 1987

Sister taxa: Tambanella alta, Tambanella guanshanensis, Tambanella minuta, Tambanella obliqua, Tambanella shaodongensis, Tambanella stetteneckensis, Tambanella subquadrata, Tambanella yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kawanishi Primary School, Gujo, Oe-cho, Kyoto Prefecture, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Gujo Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (5 collections), Japan (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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