Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Alternative combination: Ceromyopsis somaliensis
Full reference: J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63
Belongs to Ceratomyopsis according to J. Manivit et al. 1990
See also Cox 1935
Sister taxa: Ceratomyopsis arabica, Ceratomyopsis striata, Ceratomyopsis undulata, Ceromyopsis helvetica, Ceromyopsis aequatorialis
Type specimen: S3412a.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (3 collections), Somalia (6), Yemen (9)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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