Mytiloides teraokai Matsumoto and Noda 1968 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Alternative combination: Inoceramus teraokai

Belongs to Mytiloides according to W. P. Elder and S. E. Box 1992

Sister taxa: Mytiloides africanus, Mytiloides amygdaloides, Mytiloides goppelnensis, Mytiloides incertus, Mytiloides labiatus, Mytiloides lusatiae, Mytiloides mytiloides, Mytiloides opalensis, Mytiloides stantoni, Mytiloides striatoconcentricus

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nozu Area, Tano Formation, Kyushu (Cretaceous of Japan)

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