Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative spelling: Pycnodonte (Notostrea)
Parent taxon: Ostreidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Robinson and Lee 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Crassostreinae, Denostrea, Kulunostrea, Laevostrea, Lophinae, Margostrea, Nicaisolopha, Oscillopha, Ostrea, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Pulvinostrea, Quadrostrea, Saccostreinae, Striostreinae, Umbrostrea
Subtaxa: Pycnodonte (Notostrea) subdentata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Australia (4), New Zealand (13)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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