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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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