Crassostrea ingens
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| Crassostrea ingens | |
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| from Wilkies Shellbed, 2.5 mya. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | Crassostrea |
| Species: | †C. ingens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Crassostrea ingens Zittel, 1864 | |
Crassostrea ingens[1] is a species of fossil oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Ostreidae, the oyster. This species lived during the Pliocene. Fossils have been found in New Zealand shallow-water limestone and shellbeds. Locations include the Wairarapa, Whanganui basin, Gisborne district, North Canterbury, and Hawke's Bay (especially in the Te Aute limestone).
