Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Alternative combinations: Liostrea rouvillei, Ostrea (Crassostrea) rouvillei, Ostrea rouvillei

Synonyms: Curvostrea rediviva Coquand 1869, Gryphaea arrialoorensis Stoliczka 1871, Liostrea oxiana Romanowsky 1884, Ostrea biskarensis Coquand 1862, Ostrea rediviva Coquand 1869

Belongs to Curvostrea according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Cooper 2002, Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 and Malchus 1990

Sister taxa: Curvostrea heinzi, Curvostrea isidis, Curvostrea tevesthensis

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (4 collections), Algeria (3), Angola (1), Brazil (5), Egypt (25), France (1), Libya (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (1), USSR (4), United States (1: New Mexico)

Total: 48 collections including 49 occurrences

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