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Valvata jiaolaiensis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae

Taxonomy
Valvata jiaolaiensis was named by Yu et al. (2021). Its type specimen is NIGP168642, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LK-1 borehole, Jiaolai Basin, 370.5 m, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Jiaozhou Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. comes, V. macrostoma, V. inflata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Valvata jiaolaiensis Yu et al. p. 5 figs. 3M-P
2023Valvata jiaolaiensis Yu et al. p. 9 figs. 3E-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyValvatoideaGray 1840
familyValvatidaeGray 1840
genusValvataMüller 1774
speciesjiaolaiensis

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.

†Valvata jiaolaiensis Yu et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:16:31
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:16:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.60000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Shandong) Valvata jiaolaiensis (231146 231147 231149)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Shandong) Valvata jiaolaiensis (231150 231151 231154 231155 231156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Shandong) Valvata jiaolaiensis (231157 231158 231159 231160 231161 231162 231163 231164 231165 231166 231168 type locality: 231169 231171 231172 231173 231174)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Heilongjiang) Valvata jiaolaiensis (232169)
Danian66.0 - 61.66China (Heilongjiang) Valvata jiaolaiensis (232153 232156 232157 232159 232161 232162 232163)