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Psilounio (Dagaurostoma) suni

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Taxonomy
Unio suni was named by Chow (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huluhe, Fuxian, which is in an Oxfordian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Anding Formation of China. It is the type species of Psilounio (Dagaurostoma).

It was recombined as Psilounio (Dagaurostoma) suni by Guo (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Unio suni Chow
1985Psilounio (Dagaurostoma) suni Guo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyUnionoidea(Fleming 1828)
familyUnionidaeRafinesque 1820
genusPsilounioGuo 1985
subgenusDagaurostomaGuo 1985
speciessuni(Chow 1953)

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
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Shaanxi) Unio suni (200967)