†Pteroperna kitadaniensis Goto 1983 (pearl oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Full reference: M. Goto. 1983. Some bivalves from the Lower Jurassic Kuruma Group of Central Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan (New Series) 130:79-84
Belongs to Pteroperna according to M. Goto 1983
Sister taxa: Pteroperna asinusoides, Pteroperna costatula, Pteroperna decorata, Pteroperna reticularis
Type specimen: P. 1102. Its type locality is Kitadani River, Asahi, which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone in the Negoya Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kitadani River, Asahi
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