Crassatella (Pachythaerus) yanagisawai Tashiro 1988 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Full reference: M. Tashiro. 1988. Cenomanian bivalve fauna of the Akaishi Mountains, central Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication 1:285-295

Belongs to Crassatella (Pachythaerus) according to M. Tashiro 1988

Sister taxa: Pachythaerus similoides, Pachythaerus vindinnensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Misakubo Formation - Kokisawa (Cretaceous of Japan)

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