Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
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 Pitaria according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Pitaria (Pitaria), Pitaria altoumbonata, Pitaria ashiyaensis, Pitaria baldryi, Pitaria behri, Pitaria buenavistana, Pitaria calcanea, Pitaria californiana, Pitaria concinna, Pitaria conradi, Pitaria intica, Pitaria lorenzana, Pitaria matsumotoi, Pitaria obscurate, Pitaria palmeri, Pitaria praenominata, Pitaria silicifluvia, Pitaria sorrentoensis, Pitaria takashimaensis, Pitaria verticala, Pitaria yasila, Pitaria yokoyamai
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Atagoyama Quarry, Meinohama (Oligocene of Japan)
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