Venericardia (Cyclocardia) otatsumei Uozumi 1955 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: S. Uozumi. 1955. On some molluscan fossils from the Palaeogene Wakkanabe Formation in Hokkaido. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 19:73-80

Belongs to Venericardia (Cyclocardia) according to Uozumi 1955

Sister taxa: Cardita (Cyclocardia) steinkei, Cyclocardia (Arcturellina), Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia), Cyclocardia (Plionema), Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita), Cyclocardia (Vimentum), Cyclocardia abesinaiensis, Cyclocardia akagii, Cyclocardia borealis, Cyclocardia castor, Cyclocardia castrana, Cyclocardia christiei, Cyclocardia compressa, Cyclocardia dodairensis, Cyclocardia granulata, Cyclocardia hannai, Cyclocardia hannibali, Cyclocardia kurilensis, Cyclocardia mesembria, Cyclocardia moniligena, Cyclocardia novangliae, Cyclocardia pseutella, Cyclocardia spurca, Cyclocardia subtenta, Cyclocardia terryi, Cyclocardia tokunagai, Cyclocardia trentensis, Cyclocardia velutinus, Cyclocardia yoshidai, Cyclocardia zuliana, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) harukii, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kanegazawa, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in the Wakkanabe Formation of Japan

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Japan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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