Wanwania 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

Parent taxon: Ribeiriidae according to J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apoptopegma, Cymatopegma, Oepikila, Pinnocaris, Ptychopegma, Ribeirina

Subtaxa: Wanwania ambonychiformis Wanwania cambrica Wanwania compressa Wanwania drucei

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Type: Wanwania cambrica

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cressagian of South Korea (1 collection)

• Taoyuanian of China (1)

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Australia (3)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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