Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea ameghinoi
Belongs to Cubitostrea according to S. Casadio 1998
See also Brezina et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea), Cubitostrea alvarezii, Cubitostrea californiana, Cubitostrea digitalina, Cubitostrea dubertreti, Cubitostrea elegans, Cubitostrea flabellula, Cubitostrea glucumarides, Cubitostrea gudexi, Cubitostrea lisbonensis, Cubitostrea mezquitalensis, Cubitostrea multicostata, Cubitostrea petropolitana, Cubitostrea plicata, Cubitostrea primordialis, Cubitostrea rugifera, Cubitostrea sellaeformis, Cubitostrea smithvillensis, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) cymbula, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) wemmelensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (4 collections)
• Cretaceous of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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