Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Synonyms: Cyclostreon Eichwald 1868, Dimyodon Munier-Chalmas 1886, Dimyopsis Bittner 1901, Diploschiza Conrad 1866
Parent taxon: Dimyidae according to T. R. Waller 2012
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Damborenea 2002, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell 1998, Tashiro and Kozai 1982 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Dimya, Dimyarina, Protostrea
Subtaxa: Atreta blandina Atreta intsulaevis Atreta intusstriata Atreta nilssoni Atreta redunca Atreta richthofeni Atreta subrichthofeni Atreta unguis Dimyodon dissimilis Dimyodon intusornatus Dimyodon intusradiatum Dimyodon qingyanensis Dimyodon richthofeni Dimyodon schlumbergi Dimyodon storrsi Dimyodon subrichthofeni Dimyodon woehrmanni Dimyopsis intusornata Dimyopsis plana
Type: Ostrea blandina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (3)
• Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Czechia (4), Denmark (3), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Germany (10), India (3), Japan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (6), the United Kingdom (3), United States (30: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), France (5), Germany (2), India (6), Italy (1), Portugal (3), Romania (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Austria (87), France (2), Germany (3), Hungary (8), Indonesia (4), Iran (6), Italy (13), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (1), the United Arab Emirates (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: Alaska, California, Nevada)
Total: 245 collections including 258 occurrences
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