Family Flemingostreidae Stenzel 1971 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae

Parent taxon: Ostreoidea according to M. J. Bolton and R. W. Portell 2013

See also Carter et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Flemingostreinae Liostreinae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2), Algeria (3), Argentina (18), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (20), France (3), Germany (4), India (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (5), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (2), Oman (4), Pakistan (1), Peru (6), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (3), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (308: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 407 collections including 503 occurrences

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