Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Ostreidae according to G. M. El Qot 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Crassostreinae, Denostrea, Kulunostrea, Laevostrea, Lophinae, Margostrea, Notostrea, Oscillopha, Ostrea, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Pulvinostrea, Quadrostrea, Saccostreinae, Striostreinae, Umbrostrea
Subtaxa: Nicaisolopha lyonsi Nicaisolopha nicaisei Nicaisolopha subovata Nicaisolopha tissoti Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), South Africa (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (6), Egypt (6), India (1), Jordan (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Mali (1), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (11), Senegal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Tunisia (4), Turkmenistan (1), United States (5: Kansas, New Mexico)
Total: 46 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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