Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Full reference: E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix. 1957. Mollusques fossiles du Crétace de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique du Cameroun à l'Angola. II. - Lamellibranches. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Série in-8, Sciences Géologiques 20:1-271
Belongs to Lopha according to B. Musavu Moussavou et al. 2013
See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
Sister taxa: Lopha (Actinostreon), Lopha (Arctostrea), Lopha (Lopha), Lopha (Rastellum), Lopha blanfordi, Lopha chlamydoides, Lopha costata, Lopha cotteaui, Lopha cristagalli, Lopha dageensis, Lopha dieneri, Lopha engelmanni, Lopha eos, Lopha euzebioi, Lopha haidingeriana, Lopha longifolium, Lopha mesenterica, Lopha murakamii, Lopha papieri, Lopha radiata, Lopha simplexa, Lopha stefaninii, Lopha syphax, Lopha teranosawensis, Lopha vascularis, Lopha vulsa, Lopha wulanwulaensis, Ostrea (Lopha) guppyi, Ostrea (Lopha) hyotiformis, Ostrea (Lopha) larva, Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon, Ostrea (Lopha) sechura
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Gabon (1 collection), Hungary (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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