Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea podagrina
Belongs to Ostrea (Ostrea) according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also Dall 1916
Sister taxa: Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis, Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii, Ostrea (Ostrea) bataviana, Ostrea (Ostrea) bomasensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) djuvanaensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) duvali, Ostrea (Ostrea) intermedoides, Ostrea (Ostrea) njalindungensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) osiris, Ostrea (Ostrea) paulucciae, Ostrea (Ostrea) promensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) puruensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) spolongensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) subdigitalina, Ostrea (Ostrea) tegalensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Georgia)
• Eocene of United States (9: Florida)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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