Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea howelli
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) according to E. J. Moore 1987
See also Wiedey 1928
Sister taxa: Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) callifera, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) gryphina, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) radiata, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) wiedeyi, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana
Type specimen: SDSNH 26, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 446, Sespe Creek, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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