Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea antiguensis, Pycnodonte antiguensis
Full reference: A. P. Brown. 1913. Notes on the Geology of the Island of Antigua. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 584-616
Belongs to Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Jung 1971, Maury 1920 and Perrilliat 1994
Sister taxa: Crenostrea eldridgei, Crenostrea segurai, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) achanes, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) verracruzana, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) wuellerstorfi
Type specimen: ANSP 1653, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Grenada (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Puerto Rico (5), United States (2: Florida)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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