Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea haitensis vespertina, Ostrea vespertina
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Report Of Mr. T. A. Conrad On The Fossil Shells Collected In California By Wm. P. Blake, Geologist Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers. Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California. under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, In 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of WIlliam P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology 5-21
Belongs to Dendostrea according to C. L. Powell 2008
See also Arnold 1909, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hanna 1926, Jordan and Hertlein 1926, Moore 1987, Stewart 1930 and Woodring 1938
Sister taxa: Dendostrea angermanni, Dendostrea crenulifera, Dendostrea folium, Dendostrea frons, Dendostrea sandvichensis, Dendrostrea frons
Subtaxa: Ostrea vespertina sequens
Type specimen: ANSP 13366, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (27: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (11: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (23), United States (20: California), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (5: California)
• Oligocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 99 collections each including a single occurrence
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