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Krumbeckiella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Pterioida
    Suborder:  
Pteriina
    Superfamily:  
Pteriacea
    Family:  
Pergamidiidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Krumbeckiella ICHIKAWA, 1958, p. 196
    Type Species:  
Timoria timorensis Krumbeck, SD ICHIKAWA, 1958, p. 196


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Fig. C44,1, *K. timorensis (Krumвеск), 1 a, b, RV ext., RV hinge region int., X1 (487)"


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Timor


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Nor.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
227.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Nor.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
205.74


Description

Almost equivalve, moderately inflated, obliquely ovate, longer than high, umbones narrow, more or less anteriorly placed, slightly protruding, prosogyrous, ligamental area of moderate breadth in each valve, mainly posterior to beak, ligamental pit fairly broad, oblique, anterior margin with deep sinus extending below ligamental area and giving rise to sharply margined lunule and earlike projection of hinge margin, lunule broader in RV than in LV, where its margin is affected by byssal gape, surface smooth, but loss of outer layers commonly exposes finely ribbed inner ostracum




References

Ichikawa, Koichiro, 1958, Zur Taxionomia und Phylogenie der triadschen "Pteriidae" (Lamellibranch.): Palaeontographica, v. 3, Abt. A, p. 131-212, pl. 21-24.


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