Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Arctostrea costata, Ostrea costata
Belongs to Lopha according to J. G. Sha 1995
See also Cox 1935 and Weir 1929
Sister taxa: Lopha (Actinostreon), Lopha (Arctostrea), Lopha (Lopha), Lopha (Rastellum), Lopha blanfordi, Lopha chlamydoides, Lopha cotteaui, Lopha cristagalli, Lopha dageensis, Lopha dieneri, Lopha engelmanni, Lopha eos, Lopha euzebioi, Lopha haidingeriana, Lopha lombardi, Lopha longifolium, Lopha mesenterica, Lopha murakamii, Lopha papieri, Lopha radiata, Lopha simplexa, Lopha staufferi, Lopha stefaninii, Lopha syphax, Lopha teranosawensis, Lopha vascularis, Lopha vulsa, Lopha wulanwulaensis, Ostrea (Lopha) guppyi, Ostrea (Lopha) hyotiformis, Ostrea (Lopha) larva, Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon, Ostrea (Lopha) sechura, Ostrea (Lopha) ucheensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (4 collections), China (1), Ethiopia (1), France (52), Kenya (4), Somalia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
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