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Guineana jimiensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Taxonomy
Guineana jimiensis was named by Skwarko (1967). Its type specimen is CPC 5067, a valve (left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H782, Bombu Creek, which is in a Carnian marine siliciclastic in the Jimi Formation of Papua New Guinea. It is the type species of Guineana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Guineana jimiensis Skwarko p. 60 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-8; text-fig 8
1973Guineana jimiensis Skwarko p. 37 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-3,6-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familyTrigoniidaeLamarck 1819
subfamilyTrigoniinaeLamarck 1819
genusGuineana
speciesjimiensis

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.

Guineana jimiensis Skwarko 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
left valve height114.1----
shell height123.2----
valve height619.913.833.919.07.70

Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2025-05-16 13:05:25
Modified: 2025-05-16 13:05:25
Source: f = family
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Papua New Guinea Guineana jimiensis (type locality: 137276 137323 137335)