†Perna nishiyamai Yokoyama 1911 (mussel)
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Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: M. Yokoyama. 1911. Some Tertiary fossils from the Miike coal-field. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tokyo 27:1-16
Belongs to Perna according to M. Yokoyama 1911
Sister taxa: Perna (Perna), Perna bosniaca, Perna excavata, Perna heberti, Perna kerguelensis, Perna magellanica, Perna meleagrinoides, Perna perna, Perna rimosa, Perna texana, Perna texanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Manda, Miike Coal-field (625 feet depth), which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in Japan
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Manda, Miike Coal-field (625 feet depth)
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