Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea loeli, Ostrea vespertina loeli, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) loeli
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1928. Preliminary report on the paleontology of the Channel Islands, California. Journal of Paleontology 2(2):142-157
Belongs to Pycnodonte according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Hertlein 1928, Loel and Corey 1932 and Moore 1987
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, 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 nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Type specimen: CAS 4117, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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