Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combination: Ostrea rarilamella
Belongs to Pycnodonta according to H. Douvillé 1920
See also Newton 1905
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Bulgaria (3 collections), Senegal (1)
• Paleocene of Niger (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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