†Arcomya deserti Douvillé 1916 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Belongs to Arcomya according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxa: Arcomya undulata, Pholadomya (Arcomya) sansonii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Bajocian yellow limestone), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gebel Aroussieh (Bajocian yellow limestone)
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