Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1935. Jurassic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 148-197
Belongs to Mactromya according to L. R. Cox 1935
Sister taxa: Mactromya aequalis, Mactromya cardioides, Mactromya crassa, Mactromya groenlandica, Mactromya quadrata, Mactromya rugosa, Mactromya verioti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Daghani, bed 224, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1 collection), Somalia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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