Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Gryphoea plicifera
Synonyms: Ceratostreon matheroni Orbigny 1848, Ceratostreon spinosum Matheron 1842, Exogyra spinosa Matheron 1842, Gryphoea auricularis Brongiart 1822, Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848, Ostrea plicifera Dujardin 1859
Belongs to Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) according to N. Malchus 1990
See also Bobkova 1961, Douville 1879 and Quarto di Palo 1970
Sister taxa: Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti, Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata, Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) sigmoidea, Ceratostreon flabellatum, Ceratostreon minos, Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Algeria (3), Austria (2), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (2), France (7), India (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (4), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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