Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea canaliculata
Belongs to Gryphaeostrea according to A. V. Dhondt and J. W. Jagt 1987
See also Choffat 1888
Sister taxa: Gryphaea (Gryphaeostrea) pernambucensis, Gryphaea (Gryphaeostrea) trachyoptera, Gryphaeostrea arduennensis, Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis, Gryphaeostrea callophyla, Gryphaeostrea kochiensis, Gryphaeostrea lateralis, Gryphaeostrea sanjuanicus, Gryphaeostrea vomer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (1), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (6), Denmark (1), France (6), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (3), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (1), Poland (4), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences
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