Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Ostreidae according to M. Raith et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Crassostreinae, Denostrea, Kulunostrea, Laevostrea, Lophinae, Margostrea, Nicaisolopha, Notostrea, Oscillopha, Ostrea, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Pulvinostrea, Quadrostrea, Saccostreinae, Umbrostrea
Subtaxa: Striostrea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Ecuador (1), South Africa (3)
• Pliocene of South Africa (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Mexico (6), Panama (11), Puerto Rico (2), United States (3: California)
• Oligocene of Panama (2), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Georgia)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 45 collections including 46 occurrences