Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Alternative spelling: Crenostrea

Parent taxon: Pycnodonte according to M. C. Perrilliat 1994

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

Subtaxa: Crenostrea segurai, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) achanes, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) antiguensis, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) eldridgei, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) stewarti, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) verracruzana, Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) wuellerstorfi

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Type: Ostrea wuellerstorfi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder