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Psilounio

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Taxonomy
Psilounio was named by Guo (1985). Its type is Psilounio sinensis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Unionelloides by Ma (1999), Fang et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Unionidae by Guo (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Psilounio Guo

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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
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyUnionoidea(Fleming 1828)
familyUnionidaeRafinesque 1820
genusPsilounioGuo 1985

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.

G. †Psilounio Guo 1985
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Subg. †Psilounio (Dagaurostoma) Guo 1985
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Subg. †Psilounio (Phortunio) Guo 1985
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Psilounio (Phortunio) impensus Huang and Chen 1980
Subg. †Psilounio (Psilounio) Guo 1985
Psilounio sinensis Gu 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Anhui) P. impensus (200968)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Sichuan) P. sinensis (200966)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Shaanxi) Unio suni (200967)