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Tambanella guanshanensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Tambanella guanshanensis was named by Fang (1987). Its type specimen is NIGP 71614, a valve (Right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Guanshan, Dalong Fm, Upper Mb, Lianyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian marine mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Tambanella guanshanensis Fang p. 371 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusTambanella
speciesguanshanensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height215.214.915.515.20.431

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 02:20:46
Modified: 2007-11-26 09:50:53
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hunan) Tambanella guanshanensis (107814 107821)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hunan) Tambanella guanshanensis (type locality: 107810)