†Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) Sacco 1897 (clam)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Parent taxon: Pycnodonte according to Sacco 1897
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Subtaxa: Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) leeana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder