Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum No. 45
A fossil pearl from the lower Miocene Yamanouchi Member, Akeyo Formation, Mizunami Group at the construction site of Mizunami-Kita Junior High School in Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan
- BMFM45-009Andoetal., 2019a（PDF 1.72MB）
Ando et al. (2019a) print-version
Published: 2019/3/15 Page: 95–98
A fossil pearl attached on the inner surface of a right valve of Crenomytilus grayanus (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) is recorded from the lower Miocene Akeyo Formation of the Mizunami Group of Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. This represents the third record for the pearl from the Mizunami Group.