Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea vesicularis
Synonym: Ostrea szajnochai Choffat 1888
Belongs to Pycnodonta according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957
See also Barber 1958, Böhm 1891, Brezina et al. 2014, Brezina et al. 2017, Casadio 1998, Choffat 1888, Dhondt and Jagt 1987, El Qot 2006, Elder 1996, Freneix and Odin 2001, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Malchus et al. 1994, Mendir et al. 2021, Quarto di Palo 1970, Stephenson 1923 and Taylor 1988
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Libya (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), France (1), India (1), Jordan (1), Mozambique (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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