Valvata jiaolaiensis Yu et al. 2021 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae

Full reference: T. T. Yu, R. B. Salvador, H. Wang, Y. N. Fang, T. A. Neubauer, S. Li, H. C. Zhang and X. Q. Wan. 2021. A latest Cretaceous gastropod fauna from the Jiaolai Basin of east Asia. Cretaceous Research 121(104736)

Belongs to Valvata according to T. T. Yu et al. 2023

See also Yu et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Valvata (Atropidina), Valvata (Cincinna), Valvata (Tropidina), Valvata (Valvata), Valvata cristata, Valvata decollata, Valvata helicoides, Valvata humeralis, Valvata minima, Valvata multicarinata, Valvata obtusaeformis, Valvata oecsensis, Valvata piscinalis, Valvata priscinalis, Valvata pseudoadeorbis, Valvata shakengensis, Valvata subcarinata, Valvata subgradata, Valvata unicarinifera, Valvata wenzi

Type specimen: NIGP168642, a shell. Its type locality is LK-1 borehole, Jiaolai Basin, 370.5 m, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Jiaozhou Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (7 collections)

• Cretaceous of China (25)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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