†Sportella yamanii Abbass 1972 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
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 Sportella according to H. L. Abbass 1972
Sister taxa: Sportella bezanconi, Sportella callosa, Sportella fabula, Sportella gregorioi, Sportella leura, Sportella oblonga, Sportella patuxentia, Sportella pelex, Sportella petropolitana, Sportella recussa, Sportella variabilis, Sportella whitfieldi
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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