†Heligmus integer Douvillé 1916 (oyster)
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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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