Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Modern is deep sea only
Parent taxon: Pycnodonteinae according to B. Salvat et al. 2018
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Freneix et al. 1988, Kiessling 2009, Marasti 1973, Marquet 2002, Moore 1987, Sepkoski 2002, Vera-Peláez et al. 2004 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Gigantostrea, Hyotissa, Hyotissini, Labrostrea, Neopycnodonta, Neopycnodontini, Pycnodonte, Pycnodontini, Texigryphaea, Costeina, Monticulina
Subtaxa: Neopycnodonte cochlear Neopycnodonte navicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (3), Portugal (3), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Greece (2), Italy (2), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (2), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (3), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Greece (4), Italy (11), Moldova (2), Poland (6), Slovakia (2), Spain (2)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 54 collections including 56 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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