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Utschamiella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Palaeoheterodonta
    Order:  
Unionoida (Freshwater mussels and relatives)
    Superfamily:  
Anthracosiacea
    Family:  
Pseudocardiniidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Utschamiella LUMKEVICH et al., 1960, p. 99
    Type Species:  
U. tungussica RAGOZIN, 1938; OD


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Fig. D13,2. *U. tungussica, L.Jur.(Lias.), Sib.(Tungusska basin), LV ext., X1.5 (Ragozin, 1938).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

USSR (Sib.), C.Asia, E.Asia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.jur.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Hettangian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
201.36
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Jur.(mainly Lias.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Toarcian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
174.7


Description

Shell about 10-20 mm long when full-grown, oblong, strongly inequilateral, with unprotruding, prosogyrous umbones placed near anterior end, inflation moderate, obtuse angulation commonly runs from umbo to posteroventral angle of shell, dentition unknown




References



Museum or Author Information

Ragozin, 1938