Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Alternative combination: Pholadomya somaliensis
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 Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) according to W. Kiessling et al. 2011
See also Cox 1935
Sister taxa: Bucardiomya mounti, Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) bucardium, Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) givensi, Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea, Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (4 collections), Saudi Arabia (10), Somalia (1), Yemen (10)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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