Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Belongs to Pycnodonte according to G. M. El Qot 2006
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection), Austria (3), Belgium (2)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (10), Algeria (8), Antarctica (1), Argentina (32), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (12), France (6), Germany (5), India (1), Iran (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (3), Libya (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (4), Turkey (3), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (126: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 253 collections including 262 occurrences
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