Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea digitalina, Ostrea digitata
Belongs to Cubitostrea according to H. Moths et al. 2010
See also Böhm 1913, Cox 1936 and El-Hedeny 2005
Sister taxa: Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea), Cubitostrea alvarezii, Cubitostrea ameghinoi, Cubitostrea californiana, Cubitostrea dubertreti, Cubitostrea elegans, Cubitostrea flabellula, Cubitostrea glucumarides, Cubitostrea gudexi, Cubitostrea lisbonensis, Cubitostrea mezquitalensis, Cubitostrea multicostata, Cubitostrea petropolitana, Cubitostrea plicata, Cubitostrea primordialis, Cubitostrea rugifera, Cubitostrea sellaeformis, Cubitostrea smithvillensis, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) cymbula, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) wemmelensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (4 collections), Bulgaria (5), Egypt (2), France (2), Germany (10), Greece (2), Iran (2), Moldova (3), Pakistan (2), Poland (3), Slovakia (7)
• Eocene of Myanmar (1), Namibia (1)
• Cretaceous of Sweden (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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