Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283
Parent taxon: Ostreinae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Amphidonta, Avia, Cryptostreini, Cubitostrea, Dendostrea, Fatina, Ferganea, Flemingostrea, Odontogryphaea, Ostreini, Ostreola, Pustulostreini, Sokolowia, Undulostreini
Subtaxa: Conradostrea greeni Conradostrea lawrencei Conradostrea osculum Conradostrea sculpturata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (37: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (41: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 81 collections including 82 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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