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Towapteria nipponica

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Towapteria nipponica was named by Nakazawa and Newell (1968). It is a mold. Its type locality is Tenjinnoki, Maiya, which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Tenjinnoki Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Towapteria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. intermedia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Towapteria nipponica Nakazawa and Newell
1977Towapteria nipponica Zhang p. 501 figs. Pl 195, figs 4,5
1987Towapteria nipponica Fang p. 370 figs. Pl 2, figs 13-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusTowapteria
speciesnipponica

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.

†Towapteria nipponica Nakazawa and Newell 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available