Wanwanella Kobayashi 1933 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae

Synonyms: Wanwanoidea Kobayashi 1933, Wanwanwoidea 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

Parent taxon: Eopteriidae according to J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Eopteria, Euchasma, Pseudoeuchasma, Talacastella

Subtaxa: Wanwanella striata Wanwanella trigonalis Wanwanella wanwanensis

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Type: Wanwanella striata

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

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

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