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Gryphaeidae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Gryphaeidae Vialov
1980Gryphaeidae Vokes p. 62
1983Gryphaeidae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 89
1987Gryphaeidae Moore p. C17
1990Gryphaeidae Beu et al. p. 396
1992Gryphaeidae Maxwell p. 69
1992Gryphaeidae Ward p. 75
1998Gryphaeidae Stilwell p. 50
1999Gryphaeidae Squires p. 24
2001Gryphaeidae Todd
2002Gryphaeidae Marquet
2006Gryphaeidae Beu pp. 210, 212
2006Gryphaeidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 229
2006Gryphaeidae El Qot p. 35
2006Gryphaeidae Rosenberg et al.
2009Gryphaeidae Nevesskaja
2010Gryphaeidae Bouchet et al.
2011Gryphaeidae Carter et al. p. 8
2014Gryphaeidae Ros-Franch et al.
2018Gryphaeidae Squires p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936

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. †Argutostrea Kosenko 2016
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Argutostrea roemeri Quenstedt 1843
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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Invalid names: Exogyra spinosa Matheron 1842 [synonym], Gryphoea auricularis Brongiart 1822 [synonym], Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea plicifera Dujardin 1859 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Exogyra haliotoidea Sowerby 1813 [synonym]
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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
Aetostreon subsinuatum Leymerie 1842
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Invalid names: Aetostreon putnami Imlay 1937 [synonym]
Subg. †Exogyra (Costagyra) Vialov 1936
Subg. †Exogyra (Exogyra) Say 1820
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Exogyra africana Lamarck 1801
Exogyra auriformis von Koenen 1897
Exogyra californica Packard 1922
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 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
Invalid names: Chama cornu arietis Nilsson 1827 [synonym]
Tr. †Exogyrini Vialov 1936
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G. †Laevigyra Malchus 1990
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Laevigyra dhondtae Malchus 1990
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Invalid names: Exogyra arietina Stanton 1967 [synonym]
Laevigyra luynesi Lartet 1872
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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Invalid names: Ostrea (Exogyra) auriformis Goldfuss 1859 [synonym]
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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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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
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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]
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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 (Deltoideum) Rollier 1917
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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
Subg. †Gryphaea (Gryphaea) Vialov 1936
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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 cymbium Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Ostrea gronlandica Lundgren 1895 [synonym]
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 mucronata Gabb 1869
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 plicata Lamarck 1819
Gryphaea stomatoidea Forbes 1846
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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Gryphaeostrea arduennensis d'Orbigny 1846
Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis Anderson 1905
Gryphaeostrea callophyla Ihering 1903
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) 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
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
G. Neopycnodonte Stenzel 1971
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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
Pycnodonta vesicularis Lamarck 1806
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Invalid names: Ostrea szajnochai Choffat 1888 [synonym]
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Costeina) Vialov 1965
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) Sacco 1897
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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
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Invalid names: Ostrea operculata Reuss 1846 [synonym]
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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) radiata Fischer de Waldheim 1835
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 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]
Subfm. †Radiolaewellinae Ivanov 1995
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G. †Radiolaewella Ivanov 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available