Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea heermani, Ostrea heermanni, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) heermanni
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Descriptions of eighteen new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:265-268
Belongs to Pycnodonte according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Conrad 1855, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hanna 1926, Loel and Corey 1932, Moore 1987, Powell 2008 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (5: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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