Oscillopha Malchus 1990 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Parent taxon: Ostreidae according to G. M. El Qot 2006

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Crassostreinae, Denostrea, Kulunostrea, Laevostrea, Lophinae, Margostrea, Nicaisolopha, Notostrea, Ostrea, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Pulvinostrea, Quadrostrea, Saccostreinae, Striostreinae, Umbrostrea

Subtaxa: Oscillopha dichotoma Oscillopha figari

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (4 collections), Algeria (6), Angola (1), Argentina (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Cuba (1), Ecuador (3), Egypt (5), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Oman (2), Peru (4), Saudi Arabia (2), Somalia (1), Tunisia (5), Turkmenistan (1)

Total: 48 collections including 50 occurrences

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