Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Belongs to Exogyra according to E. M. Manning and D. T. Dockery 1992
See also Stephenson 1914
Sister taxa: Exogyra (Aetostreon), Exogyra (Costagyra), Exogyra (Exogyra), Exogyra africana, Exogyra americana, Exogyra auriformis, Exogyra californica, Exogyra clarki, Exogyra columbella, Exogyra conica, Exogyra contorta, Exogyra davidsoni, Exogyra ganhamoroba, Exogyra griepenkerli, Exogyra inornata, Exogyra lancha, Exogyra miotaurinensis, Exogyra mutatoria, Exogyra ostracina, Exogyra overwegi, Exogyra quitmanensis, Exogyra reedi, Exogyra scheibei, Exogyra sergipensis, Exogyra solea, Exogyra tamaulipana, Exogyra upatoiensis, Exogyra wetzleri, Exogyra woolmani, Exogyra yabei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections), Peru (4), United States (47: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
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