Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Alternative combinations: Alectryonia villei, Ostrea (Lopha) villei, Ostrea villei
Synonyms: Alectryonia renoui Coquand 1862, Ostrea (Lopha) renoui Coquand 1862, Ostrea bomilcaris Coquand 1869, Ostrea janus Coquand 1862, Ostrea numida Coquand 1869, Ostrea renoui Coquand 1862
Belongs to Ambigostrea according to N. Malchus 1990
Sister taxa: Ambigostrea bretoni, Ambigostrea clarae, Ambigostrea dominici, Ambigostrea pseudovillei, Ambigostrea tripolitana, Cubitostrea tecticosta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Egypt (5), Jordan (1), Libya (2), Peru (5), Tunisia (3)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
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