Saharopteria Pareyn et al. 1971 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Saharopteriidae

Synonym: Pacypteria Jux and Omara 1983

Parent taxon: Saharopteriidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Kora 1995

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Saharopteria sinaitica

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gabal Nukhul: Um Bogma Fm (Carboniferous of Egypt)

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