Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Full reference: M. C. Perrilliat. 1994. Bivalvos de la Formación Tuxpan (Mioceno Medio), Estado de Veracruz, México. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 11(2):232-242
Belongs to Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) according to M. C. Perrilliat 1994
Sister taxa: Crenostrea eldridgei, Crenostrea segurai, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) achanes, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) antiguensis, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) wuellerstorfi
Type specimen: IGM 6325, a shell. Its type locality is IMG 2602, Alto Lucero [Tuxpan Fm], which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Tuxpan Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at IMG 2602, Alto Lucero [Tuxpan Fm]
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