Megangulus maxima Nagao 1928 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Tellina maxima

Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12(1):11-140

Belongs to Megangulus according to T. Matsubara 2002

Sister taxa: Megangulus bodegensis, Megangulus protovenulosa, Megangulus pulchrus, Tellina (Megangulus) crooki, Tellina (Megangulus) kewi, Tellina (Megangulus) lutea

Type specimen: IGPS 36512, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megangulus maxima in the database

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