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Yunnanopleura W. Yu, 1987 †
849304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:849304)
accepted
Genus
- Species Yunnanopleura biformis W. Yu, 1987 †
- Species Yunnanopleura longidens W. Feng, W. Sun & Y. Qian, 2001 † accepted as Yunnanopleura biformis W. Yu, 1987 † (a junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Yu Wen. (1987). Yangtze Micromolluscan Fauna in Yangtze Region of China with Notes on the Precambrian–Cambrian Boundary. <em>Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Systemic Boundaries in China: Precambrian–Cambrian Boundary.</em> Nanjing: Nanjing University Publishing House, pp. 19-344.
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 128 [details]
Type locality contained in China
type locality contained in China [details]
Fossil range Lower Cambrian
Fossil range Lower Cambrian [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Yunnanopleura W. Yu, 1987 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849304 on 2025-06-28
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Yu Wen. (1987). Yangtze Micromolluscan Fauna in Yangtze Region of China with Notes on the Precambrian–Cambrian Boundary. <em>Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Systemic Boundaries in China: Precambrian–Cambrian Boundary.</em> Nanjing: Nanjing University Publishing House, pp. 19-344.
page(s): 128 [details]
basis of record Ponder W.F., Parkhaev P.Yu. & Beechey D.L. (2007). A remarkable similarity in scaly shell structure in Early Cambrian univalved limpets (Monoplacophora; Maikhanellidae) and a Recent fissurellid limpet (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a review of Maikhanellidae. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 27(3): 153-163. [details]
additional source Parkhaev, P. Y.; Demidenko, Y. E. (2010). Zooproblematica and mollusca from the Lower Cambrian Meishucun section (Yunnan, China) and taxonomy and systematics of the Cambrian small shelly fossils of China. <em>Paleontological Journal.</em> 44(8): 883-1161., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s0031030110080010
page(s): 997 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 128 [details]
basis of record Ponder W.F., Parkhaev P.Yu. & Beechey D.L. (2007). A remarkable similarity in scaly shell structure in Early Cambrian univalved limpets (Monoplacophora; Maikhanellidae) and a Recent fissurellid limpet (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a review of Maikhanellidae. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 27(3): 153-163. [details]
additional source Parkhaev, P. Y.; Demidenko, Y. E. (2010). Zooproblematica and mollusca from the Lower Cambrian Meishucun section (Yunnan, China) and taxonomy and systematics of the Cambrian small shelly fossils of China. <em>Paleontological Journal.</em> 44(8): 883-1161., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s0031030110080010
page(s): 997 [details] Available for editors





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Fossil range Lower Cambrian [details]