†Eligmus Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856 (oyster)
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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
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 (50), Somalia (9), Tunisia (2), Yemen (13)
Total: 129 collections including 165 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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