Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Lopha (Lopha) folium, Ostrea (Alectryonia) folium, Ostrea (Lopha) folium, Ostrea folium
Belongs to Dendostrea according to K. Lam and B. Morton 2009
See also Azzaroli 1958, Hendy 2007, Oostingh 1935, Skwarko 1994 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Dendostrea angermanni, Dendostrea crenulifera, Dendostrea frons, Dendostrea sandvichensis, Dendostrea vespertina, Dendrostrea frons
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Haiti (2), South Africa (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (6)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Indonesia (2), Pakistan (1), Somalia (7)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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