Cercomya bottegoi Jaboli 1959 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae

Full reference: D. Jaboli. 1959. Fossili Giurassici dell'Harar (Africa Orientale): Brachiopodi, Lamellibranchi e Gasteropodi [Jurassic fossils from Harar (Eastern Africa): brachiopods, lamellibranchs and gastropods]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):3-100

Belongs to Cercomya according to D. Jaboli 1959

Sister taxa: Anatina (Cercomya) punctata, Cercomya (Capillimya), Cercomya deserti, Cercomya pinguis, Cercomya schoensis, Cercomya undulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Halle, which is in a Kimmeridgian deep subtidal limestone in Ethiopia

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Halle

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