Heligmus integer Douvillé 1916 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184

Belongs to Heligmus according to J. Weir 1929

Sister taxa: Heligmus asiaticus, Heligmus laevis, Heligmus rollandi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Upper Bajocian indet), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in Egypt

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Somalia (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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