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†family Gryphaeidae Vialov 1936 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Parent taxon: Ostreoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Beu 2006, Beu et al. 1990, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, El Qot 2006, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Marquet 2002, Maxwell 1992, Moore 1987, Nevesskaja 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Squires 1999, Squires 2018, Stilwell 1998, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Argutostrea Circunula Exogyrinae Gryphaeinae Gryphaeostreinae Pycnodonteinae Radiolaewellinae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

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