Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea englekyi
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 Crassostrea according to E. J. Moore 1987
See also Hertlein 1928 and Loel and Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Crassostrea (Cymbulostrea), Crassostrea (Heterostrea), Crassostrea afra, Crassostrea alabamiensis, Crassostrea angulata, Crassostrea ashleyi, Crassostrea columbiensis, Crassostrea contracta, Crassostrea corteziensis, Crassostrea cucullaris, Crassostrea cuebana, Crassostrea cyathula, Crassostrea cymaeformis, Crassostrea eucorrugata, Crassostrea gigas, Crassostrea gryphoides, Crassostrea hatcheri, Crassostrea kawauchidensis, Crassostrea laperrinei, Crassostrea patagonica, Crassostrea raincourti, Crassostrea rhizophorae, Crassostrea rutiformis, Crassostrea sikamea, Crassostrea soudanensis, Crassostrea subtrigonalis, Crassostrea tectonica, Crassostrea tenera, Crassostrea tetoriensis, Crassostrea titan, Crassostrea transitoria, Crassostrea vaquerosensis, Crassostrea virginica
Type specimen: CAS 4116
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CAS 1156, San Augustin Canyon, Santa Rosa Island (Miocene of California)
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