Eopteria asiatica Kobayashi 1933 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae

Synonym: Eopteria obsolata Kobayashi 1933

Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1933. Faunal study of the Wanwanian (basal Ordovician) series with special notes on the Ribeiridae and the Ellesmereoceroids. Journal of the Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Section II Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology 3(7):249-328

Belongs to Eopteria according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Kobayashi 1933 and Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Sister taxa: Eopteria agustini, Eopteria aiteneria, Eopteria alta, Eopteria conocardiformis, Eopteria crassa, Eopteria flora, Eopteria ornata, Eopteria richardsoni, Eopteria struszi, Eopteria trilobita, Eopteria ventricosa

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wan-wan-kou dolomite at Wan-wan-kou valley in the Niuhsintai basin ( of South Korea)

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