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Towapteria guangxingensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Towapteria guangxingensis was named by Liang (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yujiabeigou, Huanggangliang Fm, Guangxing, Keshenketeng, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Huanggangliang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-06-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Towapteria guangxingensis Liang p. 446 figs. Pl 185, figs 9-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusTowapteria
speciesguangxingensis

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Diagnosis
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