Pitaria kyushuensis Nagao 1928 (venus clam)

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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