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Tapes sp.

genus Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (94.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia, family Veneridae

• Distribution
• Oligocene: Saga
• Miocene: Hiroshima, Kagawa
• Pleistocene: Aomori

• Subtaxa
• T. japonica => Ruditapes philippinarum
• T. nagahamaensis
• T. sericeus