Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Crassostrea according to Jaworski 1913
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Crassostrea (Cymbulostrea), 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 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
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Crassostrea (Heterostrea) in the database