Homomya kokeni Philippi 1898 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Full reference: E. Philippi. 1898. Die fauna des unteren Trigonodus-Dolomits vom Hühberfeld bei Schwieberdingen und des sogenannten “Cannstatter Kreidemergels”. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 54:145-227

Belongs to Homomya according to E. Philippi 1898

Sister taxa: Homomya albertii, Homomya alsatica, Homomya bisinuosa, Homomya caffii, Homomya gallatinensis, Homomya gejiuensis, Homomya gibbosa, Homomya hamatoides, Homomya impressa, Homomya inornata, Homomya lariana, Homomya neuquena, Homomya refugium, Homomya signicollina, Homomya sublariana, Homomya ventricosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hühnerfeld, Schwieberdingen, which is in an Anisian carbonate dolomite in Germany

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hühnerfeld, Schwieberdingen

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