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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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