Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Full reference: K. Futterer. 1897. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Jura in Ost-Afrika, IV. Der Jura von Schoa (Süd-Abessinien) [Jurassic of East Africa, IV. Jurassic of Schoa (southern Abyssinia)]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 49:568-627
Belongs to Pholadomya according to K. Futterer 1897
Sister taxa: Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), Pholadomya (Pholadomya), Pholadomya (Triplicosta), Pholadomya acuminata, Pholadomya adversa, Pholadomya albertensis, Pholadomya altumbonata, Pholadomya aubryi, Pholadomya borealis, Pholadomya candida, Pholadomya cardissoides, Pholadomya carinata, Pholadomya claibornensis, Pholadomya clementina, Pholadomya collombi, Pholadomya connectans, Pholadomya corbuloides, Pholadomya cupressensis, Pholadomya decussata, Pholadomya diegoensis, Pholadomya distorta, Pholadomya elongata, Pholadomya esmarcki, Pholadomya esmarki, Pholadomya falconensis, Pholadomya gigantea, Pholadomya granulifera, Pholadomya gronlandica, Pholadomya harrigani, Pholadomya hians, Pholadomya hulenana, Pholadomya inaequiplicata, Pholadomya incurvata, Pholadomya kernensis, Pholadomya laeviuscula, Pholadomya lagenalis, Pholadomya lirata, Pholadomya lorica, Pholadomya margaritata, Pholadomya marylandica, Pholadomya mclearni, Pholadomya miocenica, Pholadomya mori, Pholadomya munita, Pholadomya murrayensis, Pholadomya nasuta, Pholadomya nevadana, Pholadomya nitanae, Pholadomya nonaimensis, Pholadomya occidentalis, Pholadomya orbiculata, Pholadomya oregonensis, Pholadomya orientalis, Pholadomya ovalis, Pholadomya parahybensis, Pholadomya paucicosta, Pholadomya pedernalis, Pholadomya percarinata, Pholadomya phaseolus, Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis, Pholadomya puschi, Pholadomya qinghaiensis, Pholadomya quenstedti, Pholadomya ragazzii, Pholadomya rigacci, Pholadomya russelli, Pholadomya sanctaecrucis, Pholadomya sonorensis, Pholadomya stefaninii, Pholadomya subelongata, Pholadomya sublirata, Pholadomya subventricosa, Pholadomya valangiensis, Pholadomya vasellii, Pholadomya vaticana, Pholadomya vignesi, Pholadomya walli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jima River, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jima River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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