†tribe Curvostreini Malchus 1990 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae

Parent taxon: Flemingostreinae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Cooper 2002

Sister taxon: Ambigostreini

Subtaxa: Agerostrea

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (6), France (3), Germany (4), India (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (5), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (2), Oman (4), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (83: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 135 collections including 168 occurrences

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