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Valvata jiaolaiensis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae

Taxonomy
Valvata jiaolaiensis was named by Yu et al. (2021). Its type specimen is NIGP168642, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. comes, V. macrostoma, V. inflata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Valvata jiaolaiensis Yu et al. p. 5 figs. 3M-P
2023Valvata jiaolaiensis Yu et al. p. 9 figs. 3E-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyValvatoideaGray 1840
familyValvatidaeGray 1840
genusValvataMüller 1774
speciesjiaolaiensis

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.

†Valvata jiaolaiensis Yu et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available