†family Eligmidae Gill 1871 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae

Parent taxon: Ostreoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eligmus

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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

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