Exogyra Say 1820 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Alternative spelling: Ostrea (Exogyra)

Parent taxon: Exogyrinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Bohm 1926, Bouchet et al. 2010, Hudson and Jefferies 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Amphidonteini, Ceratostreon, Costagyra, Exogyrini, Fluctogyra, Ilymatogyra, Nanogyra, Nanogyrini, Nutogyra, Planospirites, Rhynchostreon, Vultogryphaea

Subtaxa: Exogyra (Aetostreon) Exogyra (Costagyra) Exogyra (Exogyra) Exogyra africana Exogyra auriformis Exogyra californica Exogyra conica Exogyra contorta Exogyra davidsoni Exogyra ganhamoroba Exogyra griepenkerli Exogyra inornata Exogyra lancha Exogyra miotaurinensis Exogyra mutatoria Exogyra ostracina Exogyra overwegi Exogyra reedi Exogyra scheibei Exogyra sergipensis Exogyra solea Exogyra tamaulipana Exogyra upatoiensis Exogyra wetzleri Exogyra woolmani

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Cyprus (2 collections), Somalia (2)

• Eocene of Egypt (2), France (2), Libya (3), Namibia (1)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (8), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (4), Algeria (9), Angola (1), Argentina (19), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (17), Colombia (5), Cuba (1), Egypt (23), Ethiopia (2), France (11), Germany (7), Greenland (2), Hungary (3), India (2), Iran (13), Italy (3), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (3), Lebanon (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (2), Mexico (33), Morocco (1), Mozambique (9), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (22), Poland (4), Portugal (21), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (5), Spain (3), Sweden (2), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (5), Turkey (5), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (26), United States (514: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Argentina (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Chile (9), China (1), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (4), France (11), Germany (3), India (1), Kenya (6), Poland (1), Portugal (12), Somalia (3), Spain (4), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 891 collections including 1015 occurrences

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