Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Alternative combinations: Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum, Exogyra flabellata

Synonyms: Exogyra complicata Mahmoud 1955, Exogyra harpa Goldfuss 1833, Exogyra involuta Seguenza 1882, Exogyra plicata Lamarck 1819, Gryphites carinatus Schlotheim 1813, Ostrea flabella Orbigny 1848, Ostrea flabellata Goldfuss 1845

Belongs to Ceratostreon according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Bobkova 1961, Furon 1935, Malchus 1990 and Newton 1917

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Algeria (5), Angola (2), Egypt (59), Ethiopia (2), France (2), Iran (5), Italy (1), Jordan (2), Libya (2), Morocco (2), Peru (2), Spain (4), Tunisia (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)

Total: 91 collections including 92 occurrences

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