Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Alternative combination: Ceromyopsis arabica
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 Ceratomyopsis according to J. Manivit et al. 1990
See also Cox 1935
Sister taxa: Ceratomyopsis somaliensis, Ceratomyopsis striata, Ceratomyopsis undulata, Ceromyopsis helvetica, Ceromyopsis aequatorialis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (33 collections), Somalia (1), Yemen (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
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