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Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) somaliensis

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy

Pholadomya somaliensis was named by Cox (1935). Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia.

It was recombined as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) somaliensis by Kiessling et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. agrioensis, P. angustata, P. anterumbonis, P. aubri, P. bellona, P. coahuilensis, P. coloradoensis, P. cordata, P. deltoidea, P. foliacea, P. franciscae, P. hemicardia, P. intermedia, P. kamtschatica, P. kingi, P. leonensis, P. murchisoni, P. plagemani, P. plagemanii, P. plagemanni, P. weissi, P. cornueliana, P. constricta, P. uitoe, P. hudsoni, P. alpina, P. beaumontensis, P. oretiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1935	Pholadomya somaliensis Cox
2011	Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) somaliensis Kiessling et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida	()
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
genus	Pholadomya	Sowerby 1823
subgenus	Bucardiomya	(Rollier 1912)
species	somaliensis	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) somaliensis Cox 1935

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

deep infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-10-09 06:48:13

Modified:

2009-10-10 16:18:40

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Saudi Arabia	Pholadomya somaliensis (48105 48106)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Saudi Arabia	Pholadomya somaliensis (45519 48142 48522)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Ethiopia	Pholadomya somaliensis (94494)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Saudi Arabia	Pholadomya somaliensis (48502 48524 48525 48537 48538)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Bucardiomya somaliensis (2558 2567 2589 2600 2603 2604 2605 2607 2608 2610)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Somalia	Pholadomya somaliensis (type locality: 93020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Ethiopia	Pholadomya somaliensis (93206 93866 93868)