Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Parent taxon: Exogyrinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Malchus et al. 1994, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Amphidonteini, Ceratostreon, Exogyra, Exogyrini, Fluctogyra, Ilymatogyra, Nanogyra, Nanogyrini, Nutogyra, Planospirites, Rhynchostreon, Vultogryphaea
Subtaxa: Costagyra olisiponensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2 collections), Algeria (9), Angola (2), Brazil (18), Egypt (24), India (1), Italy (1), Jordan (3), Libya (10), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (7), Oman (1), Peru (8), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (2), Turkmenistan (1), USSR (3), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Arizona)
Total: 103 collections including 104 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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