Gigantostrea
Extinct genus of bivalves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gigantostrea is an extinct genus of marine bivalve mollusks belonging to the family Gryphaeidae.[1]
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Fossil shell of Gigantostrea gigantica from Oligocene | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Gryphaeidae |
Genus: | †Gigantostrea Sacco, 1897 |
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This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene (age range: from 48.6 to 15.97 million years ago).[2] These fossils have been found in Europe and United States.[2][3]