Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Gryphaea virleti, Ostrea (Alectryonia) virleti, Ostrea (Lopha) virleti, Ostrea virleti
Belongs to Hyotissa according to M. M. El-Hedeny 2005
See also Azzaroli 1958, Cox 1936, Deraniyagala 1968, Lumley et al. 1988, Vredenburg 1921 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Hyotissa aguaclarensis, Hyotissa haitensis, Hyotissa hyotis, Hyotissa imbricata, Hyotissa paraguanensis, Hyotissa polylopha, Hyotissa semiplana, Hyotissa tryoni, Parahyotissa (Numismoida), Parahyotissa (Parahyotissa)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), France (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (2)
• Miocene of Egypt (2), Iran (3), Madagascar (1), Somalia (3), Sri Lanka (2)
• Eocene of Myanmar (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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