Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Agerostrea megadon, Ostrea (Agerostrea) megadon, Ostrea (Alectryonia) megadon, Ostrea (Lopha) megadon, Ostrea megadon, Ostrea megodon, Ostreola megodon
Synonyms: Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb 1866, Ostrea gallus Valenciennes 1846, Ostrea megadon cerrosensis Gabb 1866
Belongs to Undulostrea according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Anderson 1929, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Gabb 1866, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Jordan and Hertlein 1926, Moore 1987, Olsson 1922, Olsson 1964, Raith et al. 2016 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Undulostrea megodon: ANSP 4494, a shell
- Ostrea cerrosensis:
- Ostrea gallus:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Peru (5), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Costa Rica (3), Ecuador (6), Mexico (12), Panama (1), Peru (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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