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Wilkingia triangularis

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Wilkingia triangularis was named by Zhang (1977). Its type specimen is IV55283, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Meitanba, Longtan Fm, Ningxiang County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Wilkingia triangularis Zhang p. 533 figs. Pl 202, figs 10-12
1987Wilkingia triangularis Fang p. 395 figs. Pl 8, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyUndulomyinaeAstafieva-Urbajtis 1973
genusWilkingiaWilson 1959
speciestriangularis

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.

Wilkingia triangularis Zhang 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height411.96.6221.813.07.67

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:36:33
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:36:33
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Clapham 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangdong) Wilkingia triangularis (113864)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangdong) Wilkingia triangularis (105459)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Wilkingia triangularis (97261 type locality: 123623)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17China (Guangdong) Wilkingia triangularis (121063)