Euryale akashiensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan.
Description The ovate, 7–9 mm long, and 6–8 mm wide seeds have a gnarled testa.
Taxonomy It was first published as Euryale akashiensis Miki by Miki Shigeru in 1937. It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus Pseudoeuryale P.I. Dorof. as Pseudoeuryale akashiensis (Miki) Doweld published by Alexander Borisovitch Doweld in 2022. The lectotype was collected in Nakayagi-Yagi, Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Distribution It occurred in Japan.
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