Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Ostracites gryphoides, Ostrea (Crassostrea) gryphoides, Ostrea gryphoides
Synonym: Somalidacna lamellosa Azzaroli 1958
Belongs to Crassostrea according to M. M. El-Hedeny 2005
See also Azzaroli 1958, Cox 1936 and Cox et al. 1971
Sister taxa: Crassostrea (Heterostrea), Crassostrea afra, Crassostrea alabamiensis, Crassostrea angulata, Crassostrea ashleyi, Crassostrea columbiensis, Crassostrea contracta, Crassostrea corteziensis, Crassostrea cucullaris, Crassostrea cuebana, Crassostrea cyathula, Crassostrea cymaeformis, Crassostrea englekyi, Crassostrea eucorrugata, Crassostrea gigas, Crassostrea hatcheri, Crassostrea kawauchidensis, Crassostrea laperrinei, Crassostrea patagonica, Crassostrea raincourti, Crassostrea rhizophorae, Crassostrea rutiformis, Crassostrea sikamea, Crassostrea soudanensis, Crassostrea tectonica, Crassostrea tenera, Crassostrea titan, Crassostrea transitoria, Crassostrea vaquerosensis, Crassostrea virginica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Yemen (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Iran (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (1), Greece (2), Israel (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Poland (2), Somalia (6)
• Oligocene of Libya (3)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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