TF0102 - Liostrea

TF0102 hand specimen.

TF0102 sketch.

Age

Jurassic

Species

Liostrea

Stratigraphic Range

Triassic to Eocene

Taxonomy

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Gryphaeidae

Distinctive Features

Growth lines
Two articulating valves
Adductor muscle scar

Preservation

Original shell material

Advanced notes

Much like modern oysters Liostrea lived as a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder, encrusting hard substrates, after an initially planktonic larval stage.