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Meretrix sp.

genus Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

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

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

• Distribution
• Miocene: Akita, Miyagi, Aichi, Gifu, Mie
• Pliocene: Mie
• Quaternary: Hiroshima
• Pleistocene: Aomori, Fukui, Ibaraki, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi
• Holocene: Ishikawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Aichi, Osaka

• Subtaxa
• M. arugai
• M. lamarckii
• M. lusoria, Common orient clam
• M. meretrix, Asiatic hard clam
• M. ninohensis