Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Alternative spellings: Agorostrea, Ostrea (Agerostrea)
Parent taxon: Curvostreini according to M. R. Cooper 2002
See also Baird 1984, Moore 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Agerostrea falcata Agerostrea mesenterica Agerostrea rouxi Agerostrea ungulatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (6), France (3), Germany (4), India (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (5), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (2), Oman (4), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (83: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 135 collections including 168 occurrences
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