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Gryphaea dilatata
Extinct species of bivalve From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gryphea dilatata, common name "devil's toenail"[1] is a species of Jurassic oyster, an extinct marine bivalve mollusc in the family Gryphaeidae.
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This fossil oyster is frequently found in abundance in the localities where it occurs. It belongs to the Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian clays of the Jurassic and can grow to a diameter in excess of 15 centimetres (5.9 in).
It lived a sedentary life-style, settled on the sea bed and was a filter feeder. Its abundance at certain localities — such as Furzy Cliff, Weymouth, Dorset, (England) — suggests it often formed large beds of hundreds of individuals.
It is closely related to the similar species Gryphaea dilobotes.
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