Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Exogyra (Exogyra) overwegi
Synonyms: Amphidonte decussata Goldfuss 1834, Exogyra decussata Goldfuss 1834, Exogyra matheroniana Orbigny 1923, Ostrea (Exogyra) overwegi Buch 1953, Ostrea decussata Coquand 1869, Ostrea fourneti Coquand 1862
Belongs to Exogyra according to A. B. Quarto di Palo 1970
See also Bobkova 1961 and Malchus 1990
Sister taxa: Exogyra (Aetostreon), Exogyra (Costagyra), Exogyra (Exogyra), Exogyra africana, Exogyra americana, Exogyra auriformis, Exogyra californica, Exogyra conica, Exogyra contorta, Exogyra davidsoni, Exogyra ganhamoroba, Exogyra griepenkerli, Exogyra inornata, Exogyra lancha, Exogyra miotaurinensis, Exogyra mutatoria, Exogyra ostracina, Exogyra quitmanensis, Exogyra reedi, Exogyra scheibei, Exogyra sergipensis, Exogyra solea, Exogyra tamaulipana, Exogyra upatoiensis, Exogyra wetzleri, Exogyra woolmani, Exogyra yabei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (4 collections), Algeria (3), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (13), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (2), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), South Africa (1), Tunisia (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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