Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) segurai, Pycnodonte segurai
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1976. A massive Oliocene (?) Pycnodonteine oyster from Costa Rica. Journal of Paleontology 50(5):851-857
Belongs to Crenostrea according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Perrilliat 1994, Woodring 1976 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Crenostrea eldridgei, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) achanes, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) antiguensis, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) verracruzana, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) wuellerstorfi
Type specimen: USNM 647306, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 23733, Río Reventazón (Miocene of Costa Rica)
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