†Eligmus weiri Cox 1935 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1935. Jurassic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 148-197
Belongs to Eligmus according to L. R. Cox 1935
Sister taxa: Eligmus aualites, Eligmus polytypus, Eligmus rollandi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (11 collections), Somalia (5), Tunisia (2), Yemen (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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