Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Full reference: D. Jaboli. 1959. Fossili Giurassici dell'Harar (Africa Orientale): Brachiopodi, Lamellibranchi e Gasteropodi [Jurassic fossils from Harar (Eastern Africa): brachiopods, lamellibranchs and gastropods]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):3-100
Belongs to Pholadomya according to D. Jaboli 1959
Sister taxa: Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), Pholadomya (Pholadomya), Pholadomya (Triplicosta), Pholadomya acuminata, Pholadomya adversa, Pholadomya albertensis, Pholadomya altumbonata, Pholadomya aubryi, Pholadomya borealis, Pholadomya candida, Pholadomya cardissoides, Pholadomya carinata, Pholadomya claibornensis, Pholadomya clementina, Pholadomya collombi, Pholadomya connectans, Pholadomya corbuloides, Pholadomya cuneiformis, Pholadomya cupressensis, Pholadomya decussata, Pholadomya diegoensis, Pholadomya distorta, Pholadomya elongata, Pholadomya esmarcki, Pholadomya esmarki, Pholadomya falconensis, Pholadomya gigantea, Pholadomya granulifera, Pholadomya gronlandica, Pholadomya harrigani, Pholadomya hians, Pholadomya hulenana, Pholadomya inaequiplicata, Pholadomya incurvata, Pholadomya kernensis, Pholadomya laeviuscula, Pholadomya lagenalis, Pholadomya lirata, Pholadomya lorica, Pholadomya margaritata, Pholadomya marylandica, Pholadomya mclearni, Pholadomya miocenica, Pholadomya mori, Pholadomya munita, Pholadomya murrayensis, Pholadomya nasuta, Pholadomya nevadana, Pholadomya nitanae, Pholadomya nonaimensis, Pholadomya occidentalis, Pholadomya orbiculata, Pholadomya oregonensis, Pholadomya orientalis, Pholadomya ovalis, Pholadomya parahybensis, Pholadomya paucicosta, Pholadomya pedernalis, Pholadomya percarinata, Pholadomya phaseolus, Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis, Pholadomya puschi, Pholadomya qinghaiensis, Pholadomya quenstedti, Pholadomya ragazzii, Pholadomya rigacci, Pholadomya russelli, Pholadomya sanctaecrucis, Pholadomya sonorensis, Pholadomya subelongata, Pholadomya sublirata, Pholadomya subventricosa, Pholadomya valangiensis, Pholadomya vasellii, Pholadomya vaticana, Pholadomya vignesi, Pholadomya walli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dire Dawa, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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