Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Belongs to Pycnodonte according to M. Tashiro and T. Kozai 1982
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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