Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea percrassa
Belongs to Pycnodonte according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Glenn 1904
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: Maryland, New Jersey collections)
• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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