†Claibornites quinquangulus Uozumi 1955 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: S. Uozumi. 1955. On some molluscan fossils from the Palaeogene Wakkanabe Formation in Hokkaido. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 19:73-80
Belongs to Claibornites according to S. Uozumi 1955
Sister taxa: Claibornites (Claibornites), Claibornites (Codalucina), Claibornites (Saxolucina), Claibornites paytensis, Claibornites rotunda
Type specimen: Its type locality is Katsurasawa, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in the Wakkanabe Formation of Japan
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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