†Eligmus Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae

Parent taxon: Eligmidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Al-Harithi 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eligmus aualites Eligmus polytypus Eligmus rollandi Eligmus weiri

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (5 collections), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (4), India (11), Iran (1), Italy (1), Jordan (23), Kenya (5), Madagascar (4), Saudi Arabia (52), Somalia (9), Tunisia (2), Yemen (13)

Total: 131 collections including 167 occurrences

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