Exogyra ganhamoroba Maury 1936 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1936. Monographias do Servico Geologico E Mineralogico 11:1-283

Belongs to Exogyra according to C. J. Maury 1936

Sister taxa: Exogyra (Aetostreon), Exogyra (Costagyra), Exogyra (Exogyra), Exogyra africana, Exogyra auriformis, Exogyra californica, Exogyra conica, Exogyra contorta, Exogyra davidsoni, Exogyra griepenkerli, Exogyra inornata, Exogyra lancha, Exogyra miotaurinensis, Exogyra mutatoria, Exogyra ostracina, Exogyra overwegi, Exogyra reedi, Exogyra scheibei, Exogyra sergipensis, Exogyra solea, Exogyra tamaulipana, Exogyra upatoiensis, Exogyra wetzleri, Exogyra woolmani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lastro, perto de Maroim

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