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
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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