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Tambanella

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy

Tambanella was named by Nakazawa and Newell (1968). Its type is Tambanella gujoensis.

It was assigned to Isognomonidae by Nakazawa and Newell (1968); and to Bakevelliidae by Yang et al. (2016).

Species

T. alta, T. guanshanensis, T. gujoensis (type species), T. minuta, T. obliqua, T. shaodongensis, T. stetteneckensis, T. subquadrata, T. yunnanensis

Synonyms

Tambanella subquadrata was named by Xu (1980).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Xu (1980).
Tambanella obliqua was named by Xu (1980).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Xu (1980).
Tambanella minuta was named by Xu (1980).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Xu (1980).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1968	Tambanella Nakazawa and Newell p. 63
1980	Tambanella obliqua Xu p. 10
1980	Tambanella subquadrata Xu p. 10
1980	Tambanella minuta Xu p. 12
2016	Tambanella Yang et al. pp. 103 - 104

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Bakevelliidae
genus	Tambanella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Tambanella Nakazawa and Newell 1968

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†Tambanella alta Guo 1985

†Tambanella guanshanensis Fang 1987

†Tambanella gujoensis Nakazawa and Newell 1968

†Tambanella shaodongensis Zhang 1977

†Tambanella stetteneckensis Prinoth and Posenato 2023

†Tambanella yunnanensis Guo 1985

Invalid names: Tambanella minuta Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Tambanella obliqua Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Tambanella subquadrata Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
T. Yang et al. 2016	Shell ovate-myaliniform, equivalved, strongly inequilateral; umbo terminal; anterior auricle absent on both shells; posterior wing not differentiated from disc; ligament narrow, with several ligament pits; strong, oblique, prosocline cardinal tooth and two lamellar posterior lateral teeth in right valve, but one cardinal socket and one posterior lateral tooth in the left (Nakazawa & Newell 1968).