Denguiria Boyd and Newell 1979 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: D. W. Boyd and N.D. Newell. 1979. Permian pelecypods from Tunisia. American Museum Novitates 2686:1-22

Parent taxon: Pterinopectininae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2001

See also Newell and Boyd 1995 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Dunbarella

Subtaxa: Denguiria azzouzorum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality E27, Merbah el Oussif East, Djebel Tebaga (Permian of Tunisia)

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