Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Full reference: G. B. Shattuck. 1903. The Mollusca of the Buda limestone, with an appendix on the corals of the Buda limestone, by Thomas Wayland Vaughan. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 205:1-94
Belongs to Exogyra according to G. B. Shattuck 1903
Sister taxa: Exogyra (Aetostreon), Exogyra (Costagyra), Exogyra (Exogyra), Exogyra africana, Exogyra americana, Exogyra auriformis, Exogyra californica, Exogyra columbella, Exogyra conica, Exogyra contorta, Exogyra davidsoni, Exogyra ganhamoroba, Exogyra griepenkerli, Exogyra inornata, Exogyra lancha, Exogyra miotaurinensis, Exogyra mutatoria, Exogyra ostracina, Exogyra overwegi, Exogyra ponderosa, Exogyra quitmanensis, Exogyra reedi, Exogyra scheibei, Exogyra sergipensis, Exogyra solea, Exogyra tamaulipana, Exogyra upatoiensis, Exogyra wetzleri, Exogyra woolmani, Exogyra yabei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shoal Creek, Austin, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in the Buda Limestone Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Peru (1 collection), United States (2: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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