†Granocardium quinquecostatum Douvillé 1916 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Belongs to Granocardium according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Manzour (Albian), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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