Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
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 Faunus (Melanatria) according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Melanatria acanthica, Melanatria beldingi, Melanatria bosniaca, Melanatria dimorphica, Melanatria escheri, Melanatria markleyensis, Melanatria propinqua, Melanatria venusta, Melanatria ypresiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kamiyamada mine, which is in a Paleogene marine horizon in Japan
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (2 collections)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.