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
Belongs to Amakusatapes according to M. Tashiro and M. Otsuka 1982
Sister taxon: Amakusatapes lassula
Type specimen: KSG 3031, a valve (internal mold of right valve). Its type locality is Locality 07. Roadside exposure ~600 meters northwest of Masuno, Oniki-Machi, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Himenoura U-IV Formation of Japan.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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