Exogyra lancha Stoyanow 1949 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Full reference: A. Stoyanow. 1949. Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in southeastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Memoir 38:1-156

Belongs to Exogyra according to A. Stoyanow 1949

Sister taxa: Exogyra (Aetostreon), Exogyra (Costagyra), Exogyra (Exogyra), Exogyra africana, Exogyra americana, Exogyra auriformis, Exogyra californica, Exogyra conica, Exogyra contorta, Exogyra davidsoni, Exogyra ganhamoroba, Exogyra griepenkerli, Exogyra inornata, Exogyra miotaurinensis, Exogyra mutatoria, Exogyra ostracina, Exogyra overwegi, Exogyra quitmanensis, Exogyra reedi, Exogyra scheibei, Exogyra sergipensis, Exogyra solea, Exogyra tamaulipana, Exogyra upatoiensis, Exogyra wetzleri, Exogyra woolmani, Exogyra yabei

Type specimen: 91054

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bed 9g (Lancha Limestone) - Pacheta Mbr, Lowell Fm, Ninety One Hills (Cretaceous of Arizona)

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