Pojetaia sarhroensis Geyer and Streng 1998 (clam)

Bivalvia - Fordillida - Fordillidae

Full reference: G. Geyer and M. Streng. 1998. Middle Cambrian pelecypods from the Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Revista Española de Paleontología No extr. Homeaje al Prof. Gonzalo Vidal 83-96

Belongs to Pojetaia according to G. Geyer and M. Streng 1998

See also Hinz-Schallreuter 2000, Kouchinsky et al. 2011 and Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Pojetaia dentifera, Pojetaia germanica, Pojetaia ostseensis, Pojetaia runnegari, Pojetaia sarhoensis

Type specimen: PIW 1997IV25. Its type locality is JAR-0.56. Jbel Arhouri, which is in a Stage 4 carbonate limestone in the Jbel Wawrmast Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at JAR-0.56. Jbel Arhouri

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