Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea gigas
Belongs to Crassostrea according to M. Raith et al. 2016
See also Lam and Morton 2009 and Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Crassostrea (Cymbulostrea), Crassostrea (Heterostrea), Crassostrea afra, Crassostrea alabamiensis, Crassostrea angulata, Crassostrea ashleyi, Crassostrea columbiensis, Crassostrea contracta, Crassostrea corteziensis, Crassostrea cucullaris, Crassostrea cuebana, Crassostrea cyathula, Crassostrea cymaeformis, Crassostrea englekyi, Crassostrea eucorrugata, Crassostrea gryphoides, Crassostrea hatcheri, Crassostrea kawauchidensis, Crassostrea laperrinei, Crassostrea patagonica, Crassostrea raincourti, Crassostrea rhizophorae, Crassostrea rutiformis, Crassostrea sikamea, Crassostrea soudanensis, Crassostrea subtrigonalis, Crassostrea tectonica, Crassostrea tenera, Crassostrea tetoriensis, Crassostrea titan, Crassostrea transitoria, Crassostrea vaquerosensis, Crassostrea virginica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (6 collections), Taiwan (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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