Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea erici, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) erici
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1929. Three new specific names for west American fossil Mollusca. Journal of Paleontology 3(3):295-297
Belongs to Pycnodonte according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Moore 1987
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Type specimen: CAS 2094, a shell
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of Mexico (2), United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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