Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Malletiidae

Full reference: T. Matusubara, T. Ohita, Y. Nakamura, N. Kaneko, and Y. Ito. 2020. Deep-sea fossil molluscan assemblages from a new locality in the lowest Miocene Tsubetsu Formation in the Tsubetsu area, eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitami City Museums 1:1-27

Belongs to Malletia according to T. Matusubara et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Malletia abrupta, Malletia chilensis, Malletia evansi, Malletia galatheae, Malletia leanzai, Malletia rudis, Malletia sabrina, Perissonota littlei, Perissonota protexta, Minormalletia nasuta, Minormalletia simia, Solenella subaequalis, Solenella transversa, Pseudomalletia obtusa

Type specimen: KRMSHA 2-4-MG-009-1, a shell. Its type locality is Mogami, which is in an Aquitanian marine shale in the Tsubetsu Formation of Japan.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Mogami

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