Hoernesia hesbanensis Cox 1924 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Alternative combination: Reubenia hesbanensis

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1924. A Triassic fauna from the Jordan Valley. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14(79):52-96

Belongs to Hoernesia according to L. R. Cox 1932

See also Awad 1945 and Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Gervilleia (Hoernesia) leptopleura, Hoernesia (Strophopteria), Hoernesia attenuata, Hoernesia borealis, Hoernesia danisae, Hoernesia qiaotouensis, Hoernesia rectisima, Hoernesia socialis, Hoernesia torta, Hoernesia willbourni, Hoernesia woyaniana, Hoernesia xiaomeidongensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Hesban, which is in an Olenekian/Anisian marine limestone/marl in Jordan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Egypt (1 collection), Jordan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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