Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Alternative combinations: Gryphaea vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare, Pycnodonte vesiculare

Synonyms: Gryphaea proboscidea Archiac 1903, Ostrea hippopodium Nilsson 1827, Pycnodonta radiata Fischer de Waldheim 1835, Pycnodonta vesicularis hippopodium Nilsson 1827

Belongs to Pycnodonte (Phygraea) according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Bobkova 1961, Böhm 1891, Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Malchus 1990 and Malchus et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Phygraea badgeri, Phygraea haleyi, Phygraea lincolnensis, Phygraea newberryi, Phygraea pacifica, Phygraea stewarti, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) burckhardti, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) pseudovesicularis, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) sarmientoi, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) wratheri

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection), Denmark (2), France (1)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (7), Algeria (1), Angola (2), Antarctica (6), Argentina (15), Austria (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (15), the Czech Republic (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (12), France (3), Germany (3), India (5), Italy (2), Jordan (1), Libya (5), Morocco (1), Oman (1), Poland (9), Portugal (2), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (9: Arkansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee)

Total: 116 collections each including a single occurrence

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