Amphidonte Fischer von Waldheim 1829 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Parent taxon: Nanogyrini according to S. Casadio 1998

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell 1998 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Amphidonte (Amphidonte) Amphidonte conica Amphidonte humboldtii Amphidonte mendozana

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2 collections), Algeria (3), Argentina (20), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (4), Egypt (6), France (3), Germany (7), India (1), Japan (11), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (10), Oman (3), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (7: California, Minnesota), Uzbekistan (1), Yemen (4)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 101 collections including 107 occurrences

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