Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea hatcheri
Belongs to Crassostrea according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999
See also Chiesa et al. 1995
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 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 specimen: Holotype
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (20 collections), Chile (3)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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