Actinostreon Bayle 1878 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Alternative spelling: Actinostrea

Synonym: Palaeolopha Malchus 1990

Parent taxon: Ostreidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Crassostreinae, Cymbulostrea, Denostrea, Kulunostrea, Laevostrea, Lophinae, Margostrea, Nicaisolopha, Notostrea, Oscillopha, Ostrea, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Pulvinostrea, Quadrostrea, Saccostreinae, Striostreinae, Umbrostrea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)

• Jurassic of Chile (117), China (11), Eritrea (7), Ethiopia (23), France (57), Germany (5), India (66), Iran (3), Italy (2), Japan (2), Jordan (3), Kenya (14), Madagascar (19), Mexico (1), Poland (8), Portugal (22), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (55), Somalia (7), Spain (24), Switzerland (5), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (54), the United Kingdom (31), Yemen (23)

• Triassic of Austria (6), Canada (1: British Columbia), Italy (1), Mexico (1)

Total: 573 collections including 687 occurrences

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