Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Alternative spelling: Phygraea

Parent taxon: Pycnodonte according to R. L. Squires and R. Demetrion 1990

Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis

Subtaxa: Pycnodonte (Phygraea) pacifica, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) pseudovesicularis, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) wratheri

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Type: Gryphaea pseudovesicularis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder