Ostrea stentina is a species of oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.WoRMSBiolib
Fossil records The fossil record of this species dates back to the Miocene (age range: 7.246 to 0.126 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy, Angola, Namibia and Algeria.Fossilworks
Distribution This species has a Mediterranean distribution.WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data BaseSylvie Lapègue, Inès Ben Salah, Frederico M. Batista, Serge Heurtebise, Lassad Neifar and Pierre Boudry Phylogeographic study of the dwarf oyster, Ostreola stentina, from Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia: evidence of a geographic disjunction with the closely related taxa, Ostrea aupouria and Ostreola equestris
References
Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy