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Mediata W. Feng, Sun & Qian, 2001 †
849312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:849312)
unaccepted
Genus
Mediata kunyangensis W. Feng, Sun & Qian, 2001 † accepted as Canopoconus superatus (W. Feng, Sun & Qian, 2001) † (type by original designation)
- Species Mediata kunyangensis W. Feng, Sun & Qian, 2001 † accepted as Canopoconus superatus (W. Feng, Sun & Qian, 2001) † (a junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Feng W., Sun W. Qian Y. (2001). Skeletization Characters, Classification and Evolution of Early Cambrian Monoplacophoran Maikhanellids. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 40(2): 195–213. [details]
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Feng W., Sun W. Qian Y. (2001). Skeletization Characters, Classification and Evolution of Early Cambrian Monoplacophoran Maikhanellids. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.</em> 40(2): 195–213. [details]
additional source Zhang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Shao, T.; Wang, Q.; Qin, J.; Zhang, W.; Liang, T. (2022). New Early Cambrian maikhanellids (Mollusca) from Zhangjiagou Section, South Shaanxi, China. <em>Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition).</em> 96(2): 440-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14726
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source of synonymy 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 Zhang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Shao, T.; Wang, Q.; Qin, J.; Zhang, W.; Liang, T. (2022). New Early Cambrian maikhanellids (Mollusca) from Zhangjiagou Section, South Shaanxi, China. <em>Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition).</em> 96(2): 440-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14726
note: treated as valid [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy 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]
