†Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Gryphaea africana, Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana
Synonyms: Exogyra densata Conrad 1852, Gryphaea secunda Lamarck 1819, Ostrea africana Lamarck 1869, Ostrea auressensis Coquand 1862
Belongs to Ilymatogyra according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Furon 1935, Malchus 1990 and Musavu Moussavou 2017
Sister taxon: Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Brazil (10), Egypt (44), Gabon (1), Iran (5), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Libya (2), Peru (2), Tunisia (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 71 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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