Sycum (Bulbifusus) miikense Nagao 1928 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

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 Sycum (Bulbifusus) according to T. Nagao 1928

Sister taxa: Mazzalina dalli, Mazzalina inaurata, Bulbifusus californicus, Bulbifusus nigeriensis, Fusus (Bulbifusus) inauratus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yotsuyama Mine, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Japan

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yotsuyama Mine

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