Mesodesma elongata Abbass 1972 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1972. Paleontological studies of some Saudi Arabian lower Tertiary fossils. Egyptian Journal of Geology 16(1):35-68

Belongs to Mesodesma according to H. L. Abbass 1972

Sister taxa: Mesodesma arctatum, Mesodesma costaricensis, Mesodesma deauratum, Mesodesma donacilla, Mesodesma donacium, Mesodesma mariana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Umm al-Rua’us Formation, Saudi Arabia - Abbass (1972) (Eocene of Saudi Arabia)

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