Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative spelling: Alectryonia
Parent taxon: Ostrea according to Martin 1922
See also da Silva Forti 1969, DuBar 1958, Papier 2001 and White 1889
Sister taxa: Ostraea decemcostata, Ostraea liscaviensis, Ostraea multicostata, Ostraea placunoides, Ostraea scabiosa, Ostraea spondyloides, Ostrea (Bellostrea), Ostrea (Catinula), Ostrea (Eostrea), Ostrea (Euostrea), Ostrea (Gryphaea), Ostrea (Liostrea), Ostrea (Nanostrea), Ostrea (Ostrea), Ostrea abeokutaensis, Ostrea albertensis, Ostrea amorpha, Ostrea angasi, Ostrea angelica, Ostrea angusta, Ostrea antarctica, Ostrea arenicola, Ostrea asseezi, Ostrea aupouria, Ostrea bathonica, Ostrea baylei, Ostrea beloiti, Ostrea berkeyi, Ostrea biauriculata, Ostrea bicolor, Ostrea blackensis, Ostrea blanipedi, Ostrea brewerii, Ostrea brongniarti, Ostrea buski, Ostrea calceoformis, Ostrea calceolus, Ostrea californica, Ostrea carolinensis, Ostrea cassis, Ostrea castellobrancoi, Ostrea chilensis, Ostrea chudeaui, Ostrea collazica, Ostrea complicata, Ostrea compressirostra, Ostrea conchaphila, Ostrea conica, Ostrea costaricensis, Ostrea crandalli, Ostrea crenulimarginata, Ostrea crescentica, Ostrea cristata, Ostrea cubitus, Ostrea cumingiana, Ostrea cymbula, Ostrea cynthiae, Ostrea davaiacensis, Ostrea democraciana, Ostrea directa, Ostrea dorsalis, Ostrea durotoyei, Ostrea edulis, Ostrea edwilsoni, Ostrea elegantula, Ostrea eorivularis, Ostrea equestris, Ostrea flavicans, Ostrea foisseyi, Ostrea forskali, Ostrea fraasi, Ostrea friryi, Ostrea frondosa, Ostrea fundata, Ostrea gajensis, Ostrea georgiana, Ostrea germaini, Ostrea gingensis, Ostrea glabra, Ostrea golfotristensis, Ostrea hinnites, Ostrea hippopus, Ostrea hyotidoidea, Ostrea inca, Ostrea incisa, Ostrea indigena, Ostrea inornata, Ostrea invalida, Ostrea iridescens, Ostrea islandicus, Ostrea jibananandai, Ostrea jogjacartensis, Ostrea johnsoni, Ostrea kahoensis, Ostrea kauffmani, Ostrea khamirensis, Ostrea laticaudata, Ostrea latimarginata, Ostrea lipoldi, Ostrea ludensis, Ostrea lunaeformis, Ostrea lurida, Ostrea maculosa, Ostrea malleiformis, Ostrea manubriata, Ostrea marcignyana, Ostrea marginidentata, Ostrea marshiiformis, Ostrea mauricensis, Ostrea mediocostata, Ostrea merceyi, Ostrea messor, Ostrea meunieri, Ostrea minbuensis, Ostrea minerensis, Ostrea minuta, Ostrea miradorensis, Ostrea monetalis, Ostrea monroensis, Ostrea negritensis, Ostrea neuquena, Ostrea nodosa, Ostrea normalis, Ostrea obliterata, Ostrea olequahensis, Ostrea olisiponensis, Ostrea olowui, Ostrea omatsolae, Ostrea oxiana, Ostrea paleomarginidentata, Ostrea pangadiensis, Ostrea paracasensis, Ostrea parasitica, Ostrea paroxis, Ostrea parrensis, Ostrea pejerreyensis, Ostrea pellucens, Ostrea pesfelis, Ostrea pesleonis, Ostrea petrosa, Ostrea peytoni, Ostrea philippii, Ostrea pictetiana, Ostrea pileosimilis, Ostrea placunoides, Ostrea plicatula, Ostrea portoricoensis, Ostrea praelonga, Ostrea princeps, Ostrea procyonis, Ostrea prona, Ostrea protoimbricata, Ostrea pseudocrassissima, Ostrea pseudodigitalina, Ostrea pseudorissensis, Ostrea pulaskensis, Ostrea radula, Ostrea raveneliana, Ostrea reniformis, Ostrea resupinata, Ostrea retusa, Ostrea roncana, Ostrea rugosa, Ostrea russelli, Ostrea sakaryaensis, Ostrea sakitoensis, Ostrea samanensis, Ostrea sanctaecrucis, Ostrea sandalina, Ostrea sanguinea, Ostrea sansebastiana, Ostrea saxitoniana, Ostrea semidentata, Ostrea seymourensis, Ostrea sohli, Ostrea soleniscus, Ostrea sookensis, Ostrea spondyloides, Ostrea stentina, Ostrea striatula, Ostrea sturtiana, Ostrea subangulata, Ostrea subanomia, Ostrea submissa, Ostrea subovata, Ostrea subradiosa, Ostrea subuncinella, Ostrea superficialis, Ostrea supranummulitica, Ostrea tacalensis, Ostrea taxidonta, Ostrea tegulanea, Ostrea thalassoklusta, Ostrea turkestanensis, Ostrea turkestanensis, Ostrea ultimaespei, Ostrea uncinta, Ostrea ungulata, Ostrea vaughani, Ostrea ventilabrum, Ostrea venusta, Ostrea vermicostata, Ostrea vestita, Ostrea weaveri, Ostrea wiedenmayeri, Ostrea wilckensi, Ostrea wollastoni
Subtaxa: Alectryonia clotbeyi Alectryonia ludoviciana Alectryonia martinsi Alectryonia parasitica Ostrea (Alectryonia) dilleri Ostrea (Alectryonia) diluviana Ostrea (Alectryonia) gregarea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (7 collections)
• Eocene of Egypt (7), France (2), Italy (1), Libya (2), United States (19: Alabama, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Niger (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), India (1), Iran (1), Mexico (2), Portugal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: Yukon), France (9), Germany (2), Poland (1), Tanzania (1)
• Triassic of France (7), Indonesia (5), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 79 collections including 82 occurrences