Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Lophinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Cooper 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Abruptolopha, Alectryonella, Arctostrea, Cameleolopha, Lopha, Lophini, Myrakeenini, Oscillolopha, Pseudoperna
Subtaxa: Rastellum (Arctostrea) Rastellum allobrogensis Rastellum carinatum Rastellum deshayesi Rastellum diluvianum Rastellum ricordeana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Algeria (6), Argentina (3), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (6), France (13), Gabon (3), Germany (2), India (1), Iran (3), Italy (2), Japan (15), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), Tunisia (2), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (20: Alabama, Texas)
• Jurassic of India (3), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Poland (2)
Total: 117 collections including 123 occurrences
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