Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184

Belongs to Idonearca according to H. Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Cucullaea (Idonearca) alamoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) buttensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) calabaza, Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras, Cucullaea (Idonearca) ezoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida, Cucullaea (Idonearca) grossaforma, Cucullaea (Idonearca) maresi, Cucullaea (Idonearca) melhaseana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) muensteri, Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) tippana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona, Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi, Idonearca capax, Idonearca carolinensis, Idonearca littlei, Idonearca orientalis, Idonearca stephensoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Manzour (Albian quartz limestone), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gebel Manzour (Albian quartz limestone)

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