Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Modern is deep sea only
Alternative spelling: Neopycnodonta
Parent taxon: Pycnodonteinae according to B. Salvat et al. 2018
See also Freneix et al. 1988, Kiessling 2009, Marasti 1973, Marquet 2002, Moore 1987, Sepkoski 2002, Vera-Peláez et al. 2004 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Gigantostrea, Hyotissa, Hyotissini, Labrostrea, Neopycnodonta, Neopycnodonteini, Pycnodonte, Pycnodonteini, Texigryphaea
Subtaxa: Neopycnodonte cochlear Neopycnodonte navicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Portugal (3), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Belgium (1), Greece (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (3), Cyprus (5), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Greece (4), Italy (10), Moldova (2), Poland (6), Slovakia (2), Spain (2)
Total: 60 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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