Turbo (Marmarostoma) matsuzakiensis Tomida and Kadota with an in situ operculum was found in limestone within the tuffaceous sandstone of the middle Miocene Yugashima Group, at Shikura, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The presence of an operculum on T. (M.) matsuzakiensis Tomida and Kadota is confirmed and described in this paper, and demonstrates the autochthonous occurrence of the fossil.
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1 October 2015
Discovery of Turbo (Marmarostoma) matsuzakiensis Tomida and Kadota with an in situ Operculum from the Middle Miocene Yugashima Group of Izu Peninsula, Central Japan
Susumu Tomida,
Eisaku Hosoda
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Paleontological Research
Vol. 19 • No. 4
October 2015
Vol. 19 • No. 4
October 2015
in situ operculum
middle Miocene
Shikura Limestone
Shizuoka Prefecture
Turbo (Marmarostoma) matsuzakiensis
Yugashima Group