Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative spelling: Ostrea (Gigantostrea)
Parent taxon: Pycnodonteinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Vialov 1936
Sister taxa: Hyotissa, Hyotissini, Labrostrea, Neopycnodonta, Neopycnodonte, Neopycnodontini, Pycnodonte, Pycnodontini, Texigryphaea, Monticulina, Costeina
Subtaxa: Gigantostrea gigantica Gigantostrea trigonalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Florida collections)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (3), Hungary (1), Israel (1), Turkey (2), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (5), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (4), Romania (3), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (32: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 70 collections each including a single occurrence
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