Bakevellia (Bakevellia) gujoensis Nakazawa 1959 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: K. Nakazawa. 1959. Permian and Eo-Triassic Bakevellias from the Maizuru Zone, southwest Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto, Series B 26:193-213

Belongs to Bakevellia (Bakevellia) according to K. Nakazawa 1959

Sister taxa: Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) preromangica, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) rostrata, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) subcostata, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) waltoni

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 semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kawanishi Primary School, Gujo, Oe-cho, Kyoto Prefecture

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