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Gryphaeidae
Taxonomy
Gryphaeidae was named by Vialov (1936) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5088].
It was assigned to Ostreacea by Vokes (1980), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Moore (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Maxwell (1992) and Marquet (2002); to Ostreoida by Squires (1999) and El Qot (2006); and to Ostreoidea by Ward (1992), Stilwell (1998), Todd (2001), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Beu (2006), Rosenberg et al. (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014) and Squires (2018).
It was assigned to Ostreacea by Vokes (1980), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Moore (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Maxwell (1992) and Marquet (2002); to Ostreoida by Squires (1999) and El Qot (2006); and to Ostreoidea by Ward (1992), Stilwell (1998), Todd (2001), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Beu (2006), Rosenberg et al. (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014) and Squires (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Gryphaeidae Vialov |
| 1980 | Gryphaeidae Vokes p. 62 |
| 1983 | Gryphaeidae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 89 |
| 1987 | Gryphaeidae Moore p. C17 |
| 1990 | Gryphaeidae Beu et al. p. 396 |
| 1992 | Gryphaeidae Maxwell p. 69 |
| 1992 | Gryphaeidae Ward p. 75 |
| 1998 | Gryphaeidae Stilwell p. 50 |
| 1999 | Gryphaeidae Squires p. 24 |
| 2001 | Gryphaeidae Todd |
| 2002 | Gryphaeidae Marquet |
| 2006 | Gryphaeidae Beu pp. 210, 212 |
| 2006 | Gryphaeidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 229 |
| 2006 | Gryphaeidae El Qot p. 35 |
| 2006 | Gryphaeidae Rosenberg et al. |
| 2009 | Gryphaeidae Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Gryphaeidae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Gryphaeidae Carter et al. p. 8 |
| 2014 | Gryphaeidae Ros-Franch et al. |
| 2018 | Gryphaeidae Squires p. 4 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Gryphaeidae Vialov 1936
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G. †Circunula Koppka 2015
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†Circunula cotyledon Contejean 1859
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Invalid names: Ostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837 [synonym]
Subfm. †Exogyrinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Ceratostreon Bayle 1878
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†Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti d'Orbigny 1842
†Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) pliciferum Dujardin 1837
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Invalid names: Exogyra spinosa Matheron 1842 [synonym], Gryphoea auricularis Brongiart 1822 [synonym], Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea plicifera Dujardin 1859 [synonym]
†Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata Reuss 1846
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Invalid names: Exogyra haliotoidea Sowerby 1813 [synonym]
†Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) sigmoidea Reuss 1844
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Invalid names: Ostrea sigmoidea Reuss 1844 [synonym]
†Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Exogyra complicata Mahmoud 1955 [synonym], Exogyra harpa Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra involuta Seguenza 1882 [synonym], Exogyra plicata Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites carinatus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ostrea flabella Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea flabellata Goldfuss 1845 [synonym]
†Ceratostreon minos Coquand 1869
†Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837
G. †Costagyra Vialov 1936
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†Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850
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Invalid names: Exogyra (Exogyra) olisiponensis Sharpe 1958 [synonym], Ostrea laciniata Orbigny 1869 [synonym], Ostrea oxyntas Coquand 1880 [synonym]
G. †Exogyra Say 1820
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Subg. †Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878
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†Aetostreon latissimum Lamarck 1801
†Aetostreon neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1851
Subg. †Exogyra (Costagyra) Vialov 1936
†Exogyra africana Lamarck 1801
†Exogyra americana Marcou 1858
†Exogyra auriformis von Koenen 1897
†Exogyra californica Packard 1922
†Exogyra clarki Shattuck 1903
†Exogyra columbella Meek 1876
†Exogyra conica Sowerby 1813
†Exogyra contorta Eichwald 1868
†Exogyra davidsoni Whidborne 1883
†Exogyra ganhamoroba Maury 1936
†Exogyra griepenkerli Böhm 1891
†Exogyra inornata Packard 1922
†Exogyra lancha Stoyanow 1949
†Exogyra miotaurinensis Sacco 1897
†Exogyra mutatoria White 1887
†Exogyra ostracina Lamarck 1801
†Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852
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Invalid names: Exogyra decussata Goldfuss 1834 [synonym], Exogyra matheroniana Orbigny 1923 [synonym], Ostrea (Exogyra) overwegi Buch 1953 [synonym], Ostrea fourneti Coquand 1862 [synonym]
†Exogyra quitmanensis Cragin 1893
†Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937
†Exogyra scheibei Bohm 1926
†Exogyra sergipensis Maury 1936
†Exogyra solea Müller 1900
†Exogyra tamaulipana Imlay 1937
†Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson 1914
†Exogyra wetzleri Boehm 1882
†Exogyra woolmani Richards 1947
†Exogyra yabei Nagao 1934
Invalid names: Chama cornu arietis Nilsson 1827 [synonym], Exogyra costata fluminis White 1877 [synonym]
G. †Fluctogyra Vialov 1936
G. †Ilymatogyra Stenzel 1971
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Subg. †Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) Malchus 1990
†Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Exogyra densata Conrad 1852 [synonym], Gryphaea secunda Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Ostrea africana Lamarck 1869 [synonym], Ostrea auressensis Coquand 1862 [synonym]
G. †Nanogyra Beurlen 1958
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Subg. †Nanogyra (Nanogyra) Beurlen 1958
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†Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822
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Invalid names: Exogyra auriformis Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra bruntrutana Thurmann 1830 [synonym], Exogyra eminensis Reed 1927 [synonym], Exogyra fourtaui Stefanini 1925 [synonym], Exogyra spiralis Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931 [synonym], Gryphaea mima Phillips 1829 [synonym], Ostrea (Exogyra) quadrata Etallon 1893 [synonym], Ostrea spiralis Orbigny 1847 [synonym]
Subg. †Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) Mirkamalov 1963
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†Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) reniformis Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Exogyra) auriformis Goldfuss 1859 [synonym]
†Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831
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Invalid names: Chama striata Smith 1817 [synonym], Exogyra alata Jourdy 1924 [synonym], Exogyra angustata Lamarck 1836 [synonym], Exogyra striata Smith 1817 [synonym], Exogyra virgula Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Gryphaea angustata Lamarck 1801 [synonym], Nanogyra striata Smith 1817 [synonym], Ostrea virgula Defrance 1821 [synonym]
†Nanogyra auricularis Munster 1833
†Nanogyra crassa Smith 1819
†Nanogyra monoptera Eudes-Deslongchamps and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1859
Tr. †Nanogyrini Malchus 1990
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G. †Amphidonte Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Subg. †Amphidonte (Amphidonte) Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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†Amphidonte (Amphidonte) parasitica Gabb 1864
†Amphidonte (Amphidonte) pyrenaicum Leymerie 1851
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Invalid names: Ostrea auricularis Geinitz 1869 [synonym]
†Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813
†Amphidonte humboldtii Fischer de Waldheim 1829
†Amphidonte mendozana Ihering 1907
G. †Nutogyra Vialov 1936
G. †Planospirites Lamarck 1801
G. †Rhynchostreon
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†Rhynchostreon etalloni Pictet and Campiche 1870
†Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Exogyra arduennensis Orbigny 1967 [synonym], Exogyra mermeti Coquand 1882 [synonym], Ostrea columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Ostrea larteti Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea overwegi Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea suborbiculata Lamarck 1802 [synonym], Rhynchostreon chaperi Bayle 1878 [synonym], Rhynchostreon columbum Lamarck 1819 [synonym]
†Rhynchostreon plicatulum Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Exogyra plicatula Lamarck 1910 [synonym], Ostrea ratisbonensis Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea reaumuri Coquand 1859 [synonym]
†Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Exogyra columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphaea columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphaea silicea Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites ratisbonensis Schlotheim 1813 [synonym]
†Rhynchostreon tombeckianum d'Orbigny 1846
G. †Vultogryphaea Vialov 1936
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†Vultogryphaea laciniata Nilson 1827
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Invalid names: Exogyra (Costagyra) goldfussiana Sobetski 1977 [synonym], Exogyra laciniata Goldfuss 1833 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amphidonteini Vialov 1983 [empty], Ceratostreoninae Vialov 1983 [synonym]
Subfm. †Gryphaeinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Africogryphaea Freneix 1963
G. †Deltoideum Rollier 1917
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Subg. †Deltoideum (Boreiodeltoideum) Kosenkoa 2016
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†Deltoideum (Boreiodeltoideum) anabarensis Bodylevsky 1949
†Deltoideum (Boreiodeltoideum) praeanabarensis Zakharov 1963
Subg. †Deltoideum (Deltoideum) Rollier 1917
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†Deltoideum (Deltoideum) delta Smith 1817
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Invalid names: Liostrea cucurbita Zakharov 1966 [synonym], Liostrea gibberosa Zakharov 1974 [synonym], Liostrea moreana Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea oxfordiana Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea planoconvexa Zakharov 1974 [synonym], Liostrea quadrangularis Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea unciformis Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea uralensis Zakharov 1972 [synonym], Ostrea (Liostrea) delta Arkell 1932 [synonym], Ostrea deltoidea Sowerby 1818 [synonym], Ostrea expansa Sowerby 1821 [synonym], Ostrea hemideltoidea Gerasimov 1955 [synonym], Ostrea unciformis Buvignier 1852 [synonym]
G. †Gryphaea Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Gryphaea (Africogryphaea) Stenzel 1971
†Gryphaea accipiter Anderson 1958
†Gryphaea arcta Braun 1841
†Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801
†Gryphaea arcuataeformis Kiparisova 1936
†Gryphaea avicularis Münster 1841
†Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925
†Gryphaea bilobata Sowerby 1835
†Gryphaea brongniarti Bronn 1831
†Gryphaea colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
†Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916
†Gryphaea distorta Anderson 1958
†Gryphaea eversa Mellville 1843
†Gryphaea gigantea Sowerby 1823
†Gryphaea keilhaui Boehm 1903
†Gryphaea kenkerensis Bychkov and Nechitailenko 1985
†Gryphaea mccullochi Sowerby 1826
†Gryphaea mutabilis Morton 1828
†Gryphaea navia Gabb 1861
†Gryphaea nevadensis McRoberts 1992
†Gryphaea obliquata Sowerby 1815
†Gryphaea orientalis Forbes 1846
†Gryphaea pitcherii Morton 1834
†Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876
†Gryphaea planoconvexa fraterna Imlay 1967
†Gryphaea plicata Lamarck 1819
†Gryphaea stomatoidea Forbes 1846
†Gryphaea wardi Hill and Vaughan 1898
Invalid names: Liogryphaea Fischer 1886 [synonym]
G. †Liostrea Douvillé 1904
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†Liostrea arabica Stefanini 1925
†Liostrea birmanica Reed 1936
†Liostrea bourguignati Coquand 1869
†Liostrea cellae de Stefani 1913
†Liostrea gauthieri Thomas and Peron 1890
†Liostrea heinzi Peron and Thomas 1891
†Liostrea jaxartensis Zaprudskaya 1953
†Liostrea lehmanni Romanowsky 1884
†Liostrea michailowskii Borneman 1960
†Liostrea minor Bobkova 1961
†Liostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837
†Liostrea newelli Newton et al. 1987
†Liostrea prima Romanowsky 1890
†Liostrea roachensis Fourtau 1917
†Liostrea strigilecula White 1877
†Liostrea sublamellosa Dunker 1846
†Liostrea tibetica Yin and McRoberts 2006
G. †Pernostrea Munier-Chalmas 1864
G. †Praeexogyra Charles 1952
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†Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Liostrea) dubiensis Contejean 1935 [synonym], Ostrea exogyroides Roemer 1835 [synonym]
†Praeexogyra monsbeliardensis Contejean 1859
Subfm. †Gryphaeostreinae Stenzel 1971
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G. †Curvostrea Vialov 1936
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†Curvostrea heinzi Peron and Thomas 1891
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Invalid names: Liostrea boucheroni Coquand 1916 [synonym], Ostrea (Crassostrea) boucheroni Coquand 1962 [synonym], Ostrea thomasi Peron 1890 [synonym], Ostrea tunetana Munier and Chalmas 1891 [synonym]
†Curvostrea isidis Fourtau 1917
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Crassostrea) delettrei Coquand 1985 [synonym], Ostrea (Liostrea) rouvillei Coquand 1862 [synonym]
†Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Gryphaea arrialoorensis Stoliczka 1871 [synonym], Liostrea oxiana Romanowsky 1884 [synonym], Ostrea biskarensis Coquand 1862 [synonym], Ostrea rediviva Coquand 1869 [synonym]
†Curvostrea tevesthensis Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Liostrea tevesthensis Coquand 1912 [synonym], Ostrea boucheroni Coquand 1859 [synonym]
G. †Gryphaeostrea Conrad 1865
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†Gryphaea (Gryphaeostrea) pernambucensis Maury 1936
†Gryphaea (Gryphaeostrea) trachyoptera White 1887
†Gryphaeostrea arduennensis d'Orbigny 1846
†Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis Anderson 1905
†Gryphaeostrea callophyla Ihering 1903
†Gryphaeostrea canaliculata Sowerby 1813
†Gryphaeostrea canaliculata coxi Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
†Gryphaeostrea kochiensis Tashiro and Kozai 1982
†Gryphaeostrea lateralis Nilsson 1827
†Gryphaeostrea sanjuanicus Morales-Ortega et al. 2016
†Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Gryphaeostrea) subeversa Conrad 1865 [synonym]
G. †Gyrostrea Mirkamalov 1963
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Subg. †Gyrostrea (Vatonnei) Malchus 1990
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†Gyrostrea (Vatonnei) ouremensis Choffat 1900
†Gyrostrea (Vatonnei) roachensis Fourtau 1917
†Gyrostrea (Vatonnei) vatonnei Peron and Thomas 1891
†Gyrostrea antwani Malchus 1990
†Gyrostrea anubis Malchus 1990
†Gyrostrea besairiei Collignon 1949
†Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862
†Gyrostrea hinchada Kues 1997
†Gyrostrea lingua Sowerby 1840
†Gyrostrea turkestanensis Bobkova 1946
Subfm. Pycnodonteinae Stenzel 1959
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G. †Gigantostrea Sacco 1897
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†Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766
†Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854
G. Hyotissa Stenzel 1971
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†Hyotissa aguaclarensis Hodson et al. 1927
†Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Ostrea gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 [synonym], Ostrea tamiamiensis Brown and Pilsbry 1932 [synonym]
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 [Honeycomb Oyster]
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Invalid names: Hyotissa fisheri Dall 1914 [synonym]
Hyotissa imbricata Lamarck 1819 [imbricated oyster]
†Hyotissa paraguanensis Hodson 1931
†Hyotissa polylopha Woodring 1982
†Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Alectryonia) sulcata Brauns 1876 [synonym], Ostrea flabelliformis Nilsson 1833 [synonym], Ostrea sulcata Lamarck 1811 [synonym]
†Hyotissa tryoni Gabb 1881
†Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832
†Ostrea aguaclarensis paraguanensis Hodson 1931
Invalid names: Parahyotissa Harry 1985 [synonym]
G. †Labrostrea Vialov 1936
G. Neopycnodonta Stenzel 1971
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Subg. †Neopycnodonta (Costellata) Garcia and Levy 1983
Subg. †Neopycnodonta (Neopycnodonte) Stenzel 1971
Neopycnodonta cochlear Poli 1795
Neopycnodonta musashiana Yokoyama 1920
G. Neopycnodonte Stenzel 1971
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†Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795
†Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814
G. Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim 1835
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†Gryphaea belli Stephenson 1941
†Pycnodonta frauscheri Traub 1938
†Pycnodonta rarilamella Melleville 1843
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Costeina) Vialov 1965
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) Marwick 1931
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†Crenostrea eldridgei Arnold 1907
†Crenostrea segurai Woodring 1976
†Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) achanes Woodring 1982
†Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) antiguensis Brown 1913
†Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) verracruzana Perrilliat 1994
†Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) wuellerstorfi Zittel 1864
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Pegma) Squires and Demetrion 1990
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†Pycnodonte (Pegma) bajaensis Squires and Demetrion 1990
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Vyalov 1936
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†Phygraea badgeri Squires 2018
†Phygraea haleyi Hertlein 1933
†Phygraea lincolnensis Weaver 1916
†Phygraea newberryi Stanton 1894
†Phygraea pacifica Squires and Demetrion 1990
†Phygraea stewarti Hanna 1927
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) burckhardti Bohm 1903
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) pseudovesicularis Gümbel 1861
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) sarmientoi Casadio 1998
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806
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†Gryphaea vesiculosa turkestanica Bobkova 1960
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822
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Invalid names: Ostrea vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gryphaea proboscidea Archiac 1903 [synonym], Ostrea hippopodium Nilsson 1827 [synonym], Pycnodonta radiata Fischer de Waldheim 1835 [synonym]
†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) wratheri Stephenson 1936
Subg. Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) Fischer von Waldheim 1835
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†Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) callifera Lamarck 1819
†Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) gryphina Deshayes 1832
†Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) howelli Wiedey 1928
†Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) radiata Fischer de Waldheim 1835
†Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) wiedeyi Hertlein 1928
†Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana Loel and Corey 1932
†Pycnodonte amakusensis Tashiro 1978
†Pycnodonte costei Coquand 1869
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Crassostrea) costei Coquand 1962 [synonym], Ostrea hissarensis Romanowski 1884 [synonym], Pycnodonta costei Pervinquiere 1912 [synonym]
†Pycnodonte erici Hertlein 1929
†Pycnodonte ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
†Pycnodonte gryphovicinus Wood 1861
†Pycnodonte heermanni Conrad 1855
†Pycnodonte loeli Hertlein 1928
†Pycnodonte nigeriensis Adegoke 1977
†Pycnodonte percrassa Conrad 1840
†Pycnodonte squarrosa de Serres 1843
†Pycnodonte trigonalis Conrad 1854
†Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806
Invalid names: Costeininae Vialov 1983 [synonym], Hyotissini Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty], Monticulininae Ivanov 1995 [synonym], Neopycnodontini Harry 1985 [empty], Pycnodontini Stenzel 1959 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available