Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea incurva
Synonyms: Liostrea acutirostris Nilsson 1827, Ostrea acutirostris Nilsson 1827, Ostrea curvirostris Nilsson 1827, Ostrea scaniensis Coquand 1869
Belongs to Acutostrea according to M. R. Cooper 2002
See also Bobkova 1961, Böhm 1891 and Malchus 1990
Sister taxa: Acutostrea gaviota, Acutostrea griesensis, Acutostrea idriaensis, Acutostrea miguelensis, Acutostrea orientalis, Acutostrea simiensis, Ostrea plumosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2 collections), Egypt (6), Germany (3), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (6), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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