†Cercomya schoensis Futterer 1897 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Full reference: K. Futterer. 1897. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Jura in Ost-Afrika, IV. Der Jura von Schoa (Süd-Abessinien) [Jurassic of East Africa, IV. Jurassic of Schoa (southern Abyssinia)]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 49:568-627
Belongs to Cercomya according to K. Futterer 1897
Sister taxa: Anatina (Cercomya) punctata, Cercomya (Capillimya), Cercomya bottegoi, Cercomya deserti, Cercomya pinguis, Cercomya undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jima River, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jima River
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