Tambanella alta Guo 1985 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319

Belongs to Tambanella according to F. X. Guo 1985

Sister taxa: Tambanella guanshanensis, Tambanella gujoensis, Tambanella minuta, Tambanella obliqua, Tambanella shaodongensis, Tambanella stetteneckensis, Tambanella subquadrata, Tambanella yunnanensis

Type specimen: IVy 0109, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Dage, Laochang, Yujia, Xuanwei Fm, Fuyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Xuanwei Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dage, Laochang, Yujia, Xuanwei Fm, Fuyuan County

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