†Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina Lamarck 1806 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea (Euostrea) bellovacina, Ostrea (Turkostrea) bellovacina, Ostrea bellovacensis, Ostrea bellovacina
Full reference: J. -B. Lamarck. 1806. Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris (suite 6). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 7:53-430
Belongs to Ostrea (Bellostrea) according to O. S. Vialov 1936
See also Glibert and van de Poel 1965 and Lan 1997
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Iraq (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of China (6), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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