†Cyclina compressa Nagao 1928 (venus clam)
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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 Cyclina according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Cyclina (Cyclinorbis), Cyclina lunulata, Cyclina nodai
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shimohirano River (Oligocene of Japan)
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