Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: M. Tashiro and M. Otsuka. 1982. Bivalve fossils from the Uppermost Formation of the Upper Himenoura Subgroup in Amakusa Shimojima island. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Series E 3:7-22
Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to M. Tashiro and M. Otsuka 1982
Sister taxa: Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Flaventia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes
Subtaxa: Amakusatapes lassula Amakusatapes ovatus
Type: Amakusatapes ovatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (1 collection), Japan (4), Libya (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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