†Transkeia sagaensis Matsubara 2024 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Venerida - Ungulinidae
Full reference: T. Matsubara. 2024. A New Ungulinid Species (Bivalvia: Ungulinidae) from the Paleogene Kishima Formation in Saga Prefecture, Kyūshū, Southwest Japan. Venus 82(1-4):55-65
Belongs to Transkeia according to T. Matsubara 2024
Sister taxon: Transkeia scleractinica
Type specimen: HUEK CF-00228-1, a valve. Its type locality is Tanakagawa River, near Karatsu City, which is in a NP21 marine sandstone/mudstone in the Kishima Formation of Japan.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tanakagawa River, near Karatsu City
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