Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea subtrigonalis
Synonyms: Crassostrea glabra Meek and Hayden 1857, Ostrea arcuatilis Meek 1873, Ostrea glabra Meek and Hayden 1857, Ostrea glabra arcuatilis Meek 1873, Ostrea glabra wyomingensis Meek 1872, Ostrea insecura White 1876, Ostrea insecuris White 1876, Ostrea wyomingensis Meek 1872
Belongs to Crassostrea according to I. G. Speden 1970
See also Cvancara 1966
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 eucorrugata, Crassostrea gigas, Crassostrea gryphoides, Crassostrea hatcheri, Crassostrea kawauchidensis, Crassostrea laperrinei, Crassostrea patagonica, Crassostrea raincourti, Crassostrea rhizophorae, Crassostrea rutiformis, Crassostrea sikamea, Crassostrea soudanensis, Crassostrea tectonica, Crassostrea tenera, Crassostrea tetoriensis, Crassostrea titan, Crassostrea transitoria, Crassostrea vaquerosensis, Crassostrea virginica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Foremost Fm (marine beds) (Cretaceous of Alberta)
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