Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea trigonalis
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289
Belongs to Gigantostrea according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also Conrad 1854, Conrad 1856, Glenn 1904 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxon: Gigantostrea gigantica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Florida collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (30: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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