Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Lopha frons, Mytilus frons, Ostrea frons
Synonym: Ostrea (Lopha) folioides Woodring 1925
Belongs to Dendostrea according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also De Buisonjé 1974, Richards et al. 1969, Woodring 1925 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Dendostrea angermanni, Dendostrea crenulifera, Dendostrea folium, Dendostrea sandvichensis, Dendostrea vespertina, Dendrostrea frons
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Cayman Islands (1), Cuba (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Haiti (1), Jamaica (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), the Netherlands Antilles (5)
• Miocene of Haiti (2), Panama (2)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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