Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Crassostrea cucullata, Gryphaea cucullata, Lopha (Lopha) cucullata, Ostrea (Lopha) cucullata, Ostrea cuccullata, Saccostrea cucullata
Belongs to Saccostrea according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Kiessling 2009, Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Lam and Morton 2009, Lumley et al. 1988, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Skwarko 1994 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Saccostrea cucculata, Saccostrea glomerata, Saccostrea mordax, Saccostrea palmula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Egypt (1), France (1), Hong Kong (1), Iran (1), Mozambique (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1), Sudan (1), Thailand (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (3), Pakistan (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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