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1 January 2014 Miocene Mollusca from the Ichibu Formation on Nishinoshima Island, Oki Islands, Southwest Japan
Takashi Matsubara, Ikkei Noro, Yasutaka Matsuura, Toshiaki Irizuki
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Abstract

Seven species of Gastropoda and 21 species of Bivalvia were discriminated from the Miocene Ichibu Formation on Nishinoshima Island, Oki Islands, Southwest Japan. The co-occurrence of Nipponopecten akihoensis (Saga), Chlamys (Nomurachlamys) kaneharai (Yokoyama), and Miyagipecten matsumoriensis indicates a latest middle—earliest late Miocene age (ca. 12.5–11.5 Ma) for the formation. The Ichibu molluscan fauna commonly includes eurythermal and North Pacific elements, whereas only two warm-water species were recognized. This fact shows that the shallow sea around the Oki Islands was under a temperate marine climate weakly influenced by the Paleo-Tsushima Current in latest middle—earliest late Miocene time. Taxonomically described and/or discussed species include Costanuculana godaigoi Matsubara, sp. nov. and Yabepecten okiensis Matsubara, sp. nov.

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Takashi Matsubara, Ikkei Noro, Yasutaka Matsuura, and Toshiaki Irizuki "Miocene Mollusca from the Ichibu Formation on Nishinoshima Island, Oki Islands, Southwest Japan," Paleontological Research 18(1), 6-32, (1 January 2014). https://doi.org/10.2517/2014PR002
Received: 1 November 2012; Accepted: 1 April 2013; Published: 1 January 2014
KEYWORDS
geologic age
Ichibu Formation
Miocene
Mollusca
Paleo-Tsushima Current
taxonomy
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