†Cyrena (Batissa) ponderosa Nagao 1928 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128
Belongs to Cyrena (Batissa) according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Batissa (Cyrenobatissa), Batissa crawfurdi, Batissa dubia, Batissa kodungensis, Batissa newberryi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Koyagijima, which is in a Paleogene marine horizon in Japan
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (3 collections)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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