Wanwania compressa Kobayashi 1933 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae

Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1933. Faunal study of the Wanwanian (basal Ordovician) series with special notes on the Ribeiridae and the Ellesmereoceroids. Journal of the Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Section II Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology 3(7):249-328

Belongs to Wanwania according to T Kobayashi 1933

Sister taxa: Wanwania ambonychiformis, Wanwania cambrica, Wanwania drucei

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wan-wan-kou dolomite at Wan-wan-kou valley in the Niuhsintai basin (Ordovician of South Korea)

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