†subfamily Flemingostreinae Stenzel 1971 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae

Parent taxon: Flemingostreidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Liostreinae

Subtaxa: Ambigostreini Curvostreini

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2), Algeria (3), Argentina (18), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (20), 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 (6), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (3), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (308: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 407 collections including 503 occurrences

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