Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Ostrea according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Ostraea lincolnensis, Ostrea (Bellostrea), Ostrea (Catinula), Ostrea (Eostrea), Ostrea (Euostrea), Ostrea (Liostrea), Ostrea (Nanostrea), Ostrea (Ostrea), Ostrea (Turkostrea), Ostrea albertensis, Ostrea angasi, Ostrea angulata, Ostrea angusta, Ostrea anomialis, Ostrea antarctica, Ostrea arenicola, Ostrea aupouria, Ostrea beloiti, Ostrea berkeyi, Ostrea bicolor, Ostrea blackensis, Ostrea brongniarti, Ostrea californica, Ostrea carolinensis, Ostrea castellobrancoi, Ostrea chilensis, Ostrea cochlear, Ostrea collazica, Ostrea compressirostra, Ostrea conchaphila, Ostrea costaricensis, Ostrea crenulimarginata, Ostrea cristata, Ostrea cubitus, Ostrea cumingiana, Ostrea cynthiae, Ostrea democraciana, Ostrea dorsalis, Ostrea edwilsoni, Ostrea eorivularis, Ostrea erici, Ostrea flavicans, Ostrea forskali, Ostrea fraasi, Ostrea frondosa, Ostrea gajensis, Ostrea gingensis, Ostrea glabra, Ostrea golfotristensis, Ostrea haleyi, Ostrea hippopus, Ostrea hyotidoidea, Ostrea imbricata, Ostrea incisa, Ostrea invalida, Ostrea iridescens, Ostrea jogjacartensis, Ostrea khamirensis, Ostrea latimarginata, Ostrea longirostris, Ostrea ludensis, Ostrea maculosa, Ostrea manubriata, Ostrea marginidentata, Ostrea marshiiformis, Ostrea matercula, Ostrea mauricensis, Ostrea mesenterica, Ostrea messor, Ostrea minbuensis, Ostrea minerensis, Ostrea minuta, Ostrea monetalis, Ostrea negritensis, Ostrea normalis, Ostrea obliterata, Ostrea pangadiensis, Ostrea paracasensis, Ostrea parasitica, Ostrea paroxis, Ostrea parrensis, Ostrea pejerreyensis, Ostrea pellucens, Ostrea pesfelis, Ostrea petrosa, Ostrea peytoni, Ostrea philippii, Ostrea pileosimilis, Ostrea plicatula, Ostrea portoricoensis, Ostrea princeps, Ostrea procyonis, Ostrea prona, Ostrea protoimbricata, Ostrea pseudocrassissima, Ostrea pseudodigitalina, Ostrea pseudorissensis, Ostrea pulaskensis, Ostrea radula, Ostrea raveneliana, Ostrea resupinata, Ostrea retusa, Ostrea russelli, Ostrea samanensis, Ostrea sanguinea, Ostrea sansebastiana, Ostrea saxitoniana, Ostrea seymourensis, Ostrea soleniscus, Ostrea striatula, Ostrea sturtiana, Ostrea subangulata, Ostrea submissa, Ostrea subradiosa, Ostrea superficialis, Ostrea tacalensis, Ostrea tayloriana, Ostrea thalassoklusta, Ostrea tridacnaeformis, Ostrea turkestanensis, Ostrea uncinta, Ostrea ungulata, Ostrea ventilabrum, Ostrea venusta, Ostrea vestita, Ostrea wiedenmayeri, Ostrea wollastoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Bravo Grits at Caleto Sal, which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Mancora Formation of Peru

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder