Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea tripolitana
Synonyms: Alectryonia aucapitainei Coquand 1869, Lopha aucapitanei Coquand 1869, Lopha lunata Nilsson 1840, Ostrea aucapitainei Coquand 1869, Ostrea lunata Nilsson 1840
Belongs to Ambigostrea according to N. Malchus 1990
See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 and Lombard 1930
Sister taxa: Ambigostrea bretoni, Ambigostrea clarae, Ambigostrea dominici, Ambigostrea pseudovillei, Ambigostrea villei, Cubitostrea tecticosta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (7), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences
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