Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea atwoodi, Ostrea atwoodii
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38
Belongs to Ostrea (Ostrea) according to E. J. Moore 1987
See also Gabb 1866 and Grant, IV and Gale 1931
Sister taxa: Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis, Ostrea (Ostrea) bataviana, Ostrea (Ostrea) bomasensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) djuvanaensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) duvali, Ostrea (Ostrea) intermedoides, Ostrea (Ostrea) njalindungensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) osiris, Ostrea (Ostrea) paulucciae, Ostrea (Ostrea) podagrina, Ostrea (Ostrea) promensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) puruensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) spolongensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) subdigitalina, Ostrea (Ostrea) tegalensis
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (10: California collections)
• Miocene of United States (18: California)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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