Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires. 2018. Paleocene and Eocene oysters from the West Coast of the United States: Revision of named species and recognition of new species. Contributions in Science 526:1-29
Belongs to Cubitostrea according to R. L. Squires 2018
Sister taxa: Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea), Cubitostrea alvarezii, Cubitostrea ameghinoi, Cubitostrea digitalina, Cubitostrea dubertreti, Cubitostrea elegans, Cubitostrea flabellula, Cubitostrea glucumarides, Cubitostrea gudexi, Cubitostrea lisbonensis, Cubitostrea mezquitalensis, Cubitostrea multicostata, Cubitostrea petropolitana, Cubitostrea plicata, Cubitostrea primordialis, Cubitostrea rugifera, Cubitostrea sellaeformis, Cubitostrea smithvillensis, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) cymbula, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) wemmelensis
Type specimen: LACMIP 14700, a shell. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 485, Devil Canyon, which is in a Lutetian offshore sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CSUN Loc. 485, Devil Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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