Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative spellings: Ostrea (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonta
Parent taxon: Pycnodontinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Adegoke 1977, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2010, Casadio 1998, El Qot 2006, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Maxwell 1992, Moore 1987, Olsson and Richards 1961, Perrilliat 1994, Robinson and Lee 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999, Squires and Demetrion 1990, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Stilwell 1998, Tashiro and Kozai 1982, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Gigantostrea, Hyotissa, Hyotissini, Labrostrea, Neopycnodonta, Neopycnodonte, Neopycnodontini, Pycnodontini, Texigryphaea, Costeina, Monticulina
Subtaxa: 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 erici Pycnodonte ewekoroensis Pycnodonte gryphovicinus Pycnodonte heermanni Pycnodonte loeli Pycnodonte nigeriensis Pycnodonte percrassa Pycnodonte squarrosa Pycnodonte trigonalis Pycnodonte vesicularis
Type: Pycnodonte radiata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Netherlands (1 collection), United States (3: California, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Greece (4), Mexico (4), United States (6: California)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Greece (3), Grenada (1), Italy (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (6), Panama (2), United States (23: California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bulgaria (8), Denmark (3), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (2), Puerto Rico (5), United States (19: Alaska, California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (2), Italy (3), Japan (5), Mexico (11), the Netherlands (2), the Netherlands Antilles (2), New Zealand (8), Panama (1), Senegal (2), Spain (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (67: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (69), Austria (4), Belgium (6), Bulgaria (4), China (2), Denmark (2), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Libya (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (11: California, Montana, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (18), Algeria (9), Angola (4), Antarctica (8), Argentina (50), Australia (1), Austria (3), Belgium (2), Brazil (15), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), China (1), Colombia (4), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), the Czech Republic (8), Denmark (3), Ecuador (2), Egypt (30), France (11), Gabon (1), Germany (26), Hungary (1), India (8), Iran (1), Israel (2), Italy (2), Japan (5), Jordan (3), Kazakhstan (7), Libya (8), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (5), Mozambique (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Niger (1), Nigeria (2), Oman (7), Pakistan (1), Poland (11), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (5), Turkey (4), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (334: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississipii, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
Total: 966 collections including 1052 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.