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Lufengospira yonglingensis

Gastropoda - Bithyniidae

Taxonomy
Lufengospira yonglingensis was named by Pan (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 24279, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YHW420, Changjie, Yongping County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Hepingxiang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Lufengospira yonglingensis Pan p. 128 figs. Pl 7, figs 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyBithyniidaeGray 1857
genusLufengospira
speciesyonglingensis

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
partNmean
shell height16.70

Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:15:22
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:15:22
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.90000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Yunnan) Lufengospira yonglingensis (type locality: 165453)