Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Ostreinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Cox et al. 1971 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphidonta, Avia, Conradostrea, Cryptostreini, Cubitostrea, Dendostrea, Fatina, Ferganea, Flemingostrea, Ostreini, Ostreola, Pustulostreini, Sokolowia, Undulostreini
Subtaxa: Odontogryphaea thirsae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (13: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), Mexico (5), United States (29: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana)
• Cretaceous of Pakistan (1)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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