Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Crassostreinae according to K. Lam and B. Morton 2009
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moore 1987, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Crassostreini, Flemingostreini, Helvetostrea, Ostrea tayloriana, Striostreini, Talonostrea, Turkostreini
Subtaxa: Saccostrea cucculata Saccostrea cuccullata Saccostrea glomerata Saccostrea mordax Saccostrea palmula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), France (1), Hong Kong (1), Iran (1), Mayotte (1), Mexico (6), Mozambique (1), Panama (2), Peru (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1), Sudan (1), Thailand (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), Egypt (3), Indonesia (1), Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), the Philippines (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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