†Arctostrea avita Douvillé 1916 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Arctostreidae
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 Arctostrea according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxon: Arctostrea amor
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Small Astartes), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in Egypt
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gebel Aroussieh (Small Astartes)
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