ammonites
Pododesmus (Monia) noharai Noda 1971 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Full reference: H. Noda. 1971. New anadarid and associated molluscan fauna from the Haneji Formation, Okinawa-jima, Ryukyu Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 81:27-51

Belongs to Pododesmus (Monia) according to H. Noda 1971

Sister taxa: Monia patelliformis, Monia zealandica, Pododesmus (Monia) alterans, Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kogachi, loc109, which is in a Pliocene coastal siltstone/sandstone in the Haneji Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder