Neaera aegyptiaca Oppenheim 1902 (clam)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1902. Ueber die Fossilien der Blättermergel von Theben. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse 32:435-456

Belongs to Neaera according to P. Oppenheim 1902

Sister taxa: Neaera (Rhinomya), Neaera alternata, Neaera cuspidata, Neaera procaena

Type specimen: Its type locality is Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Esna Formation of Egypt

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes

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