Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Chama plicata, Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) plicata, Crassostrea plicata, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) plicata
Belongs to Cubitostrea according to L. R. Le Renard 1994
See also Lan 1997 and Wozny 1977
Sister taxa: Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea), Cubitostrea alvarezii, Cubitostrea ameghinoi, Cubitostrea californiana, Cubitostrea digitalina, Cubitostrea dubertreti, Cubitostrea elegans, Cubitostrea flabellula, Cubitostrea glucumarides, Cubitostrea gudexi, Cubitostrea lisbonensis, Cubitostrea mezquitalensis, Cubitostrea multicostata, Cubitostrea petropolitana, Cubitostrea primordialis, Cubitostrea rugifera, Cubitostrea sellaeformis, Cubitostrea smithvillensis, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) cymbula, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) wemmelensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Libya (1 collection)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), China (1), Egypt (1), France (6), Hungary (1), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (15)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
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