Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) pliciferum Dujardin 1837

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Alternative combination: Gryphoea plicifera

Synonyms: Ceratostreon spinosum Matheron 1842, Exogyra spinosa Matheron 1842, Gryphoea auricularis Brongiart 1822, Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848, Ostrea plicifera Dujardin 1859

Belongs to Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) according to N. Malchus 1990

See also Bobkova 1961 and Quarto di Palo 1970

Sister taxa: Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti, Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata, Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) sigmoidea, Ceratostreon flabellatum, Ceratostreon minos, Ceratostreon tuberculiferum

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Algeria (3), Austria (2), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (2), France (7), India (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (4), Turkmenistan (1)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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