Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative spelling: Aetostreon
Parent taxon: Exogyra according to Sacco 1897
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Exogyra (Costagyra), Exogyra (Exogyra), Exogyra africana, Exogyra auriformis, Exogyra californica, Exogyra conica, Exogyra contorta, Exogyra davidsoni, Exogyra ganhamoroba, Exogyra griepenkerli, Exogyra inornata, Exogyra lancha, Exogyra miotaurinensis, Exogyra mutatoria, Exogyra ostracina, Exogyra overwegi, Exogyra reedi, Exogyra scheibei, Exogyra sergipensis, Exogyra solea, Exogyra tamaulipana, Exogyra upatoiensis, Exogyra wetzleri, Exogyra woolmani
Subtaxa: Aetostreon latissimum Aetostreon neocomiensis Aetostreon subsinuatum
Type: Gryphaea latissima
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
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