†Cercomya deserti Douvillé 1916 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
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 Cercomya according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxa: Anatina (Cercomya) punctata, Cercomya (Capillimya), Cercomya bottegoi, Cercomya pinguis, Cercomya schoensis, Cercomya undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Lagama (Aptian ferruginous limestone), which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gebel Lagama (Aptian ferruginous limestone)
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