Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea titan eucorrugata
Synonym: Ostrea titan corrugata Nomland 1917 [replaced name]
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1934. New oysters and a new Pecten from the Tertiary of California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 33(1):1-6
Belongs to Crassostrea according to E. J. Moore 1987
See also Hanna 1924, Hertlein 1934 and Nomland 1917
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 englekyi, 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 specimens:
- Crassostrea eucorrugata: UCMP 11309, a valve
- Ostrea titan corrugata: UCMP 11309, a valve.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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