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Patella jingguensis

Gastropoda - Patellidae

Taxonomy
Patella jingguensis was named by Pan (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 24185, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YHS458, Heping township, Jinggu County, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Weiyuanjiang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Patella jingguensis Pan p. 99 figs. Pl 2, fig 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
superfamilyPatelloidea()
familyPatellidae
subfamilyPatellinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPatella
speciesjingguensis

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.

Patella jingguensis Pan 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height15.50

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marine, brackishf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-19 03:50:52
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:57:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) Patella jingguensis (type locality: 165315)