Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Alternative combination: Ostrea simiensis

Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1983. New Late Paleocene molluscs from the Simi Hills, Ventura County, Califonia. Journal of Paleontology 57(6):1282-1303

Belongs to Acutostrea according to E. J. Moore 1987

See also Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: Acutostrea gaviota, Acutostrea griesensis, Acutostrea idriaensis, Acutostrea incurva, Acutostrea miguelensis, Acutostrea orientalis, Ostrea plumosa

Type specimen: UCR 6899/1, a shell. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.

Distribution: found only at Meier Canyon

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