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Taxonomy
Alectryonia was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1807).
It was reranked as Ostrea (Alectryonia) by White (1889), Martin (1922), DuBar (1958) and da Silva Forti (1969).
It was assigned to Ostrea by White (1889), Martin (1922), DuBar (1958) and da Silva Forti (1969); and to Ostreidae by Papier (2001).
It was reranked as Ostrea (Alectryonia) by White (1889), Martin (1922), DuBar (1958) and da Silva Forti (1969).
It was assigned to Ostrea by White (1889), Martin (1922), DuBar (1958) and da Silva Forti (1969); and to Ostreidae by Papier (2001).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Alectryonia carinata, Alectryonia rhodani, Ostrea agnevoensis, Ostrea ajatensis, Ostrea arkotensis, Ostrea boriesi, Ostrea boussaci, Ostrea bryani, Ostrea chillyensis, Ostrea cimana, Ostrea cunabula, Ostrea densata, Ostrea denselamellosa, Ostrea duvergieri, Ostrea elhuyari, Ostrea eothirsae, Ostrea equatoralis, Ostrea equatorialis, Ostrea erina, Ostrea esutoruensis, Ostrea fimbriata, Ostrea guaranitica, Ostrea idrianensis, Ostrea lapillicola, Ostrea longiuscula, Ostrea mackayi, Ostrea maradensis, Ostrea maxima, Ostrea mcnairyensis, Ostrea mesentrica, Ostrea mitsuiana, Ostrea palaemon, Ostrea pauciplicata, Ostrea penegemmea, Ostrea perirregularis, Ostrea petrosal, Ostrea restinensis, Ostrea rouardti, Ostrea rouaulti, Ostrea rudicula, Ostrea sakaryensis, Ostrea sallomacensis, Ostrea selleformis, Ostrea sicardi, Ostrea sinuosa, Ostrea sloani, Ostrea sublingua, Ostrea tigiliana, Ostrea trachydiscus, Ostrea virgata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1807 | Alectryonia Fischer de Waldheim |
| 1889 | Ostrea (Alectryonia) White p. 444 |
| 1922 | Ostrea (Alectryonia) Martin p. 480 |
| 1958 | Ostrea (Alectryonia) DuBar p. 157 |
| 1969 | Ostrea (Alectryonia) da Silva Forti p. 75 |
| 2001 | Alectryonia Papier |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subg. †Ostrea (Alectryonia) Fischer de Waldheim 1807
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†Alectryonia clotbeyi Bellardi 1854
†Alectryonia ludoviciana Harris 1919
†Alectryonia martinsi Archiac 1850
†Alectryonia parasitica Krumbeck 1913
†Ostrea (Alectryonia) dilleri White 1889
†Ostrea (Alectryonia) diluviana Stoliczka 1871
†Ostrea (Alectryonia) gregarea Sowerby 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 228.00000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (78 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuvalian | USA (Nevada) | Alectryonia sp. (201916) | |
| Norian | Indonesia (Maluku) | Alectryonia parasitica (204488) | |
| Lacian | Indonesia (Maluku) | Alectryonia parasitica (204327 204486 204487 204489) | |
| Rhaetian | France | Alectryonia haidingeriana (39361 39362 39363 39364 39365 39366 39367) | |
| Early/Lower Hettangian | France | Alectryonia rhodani, Alectryonia tinieri (39215) | |
| Planorbis | France | Alectryonia rhodani, Alectryonia tinierei (39379) | |
| Sinemurian | Canada (Yukon) | Alectryonia sp. (34220) | |
| Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian | France | Alectryonia sp. (51501) | |
| Bathonian | France | Alectryonia marchi (38740) Alectryonia marshi (38737) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | France (Bourgogne) | Alectryonia sp. (36451) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Poland | Ostrea gregaria (91906) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France | Alectryonia sp. (13113 13126) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | France | Alectryonia sp. (13151) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Tanzania | Alectryonia sp. (35570) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Alectryonia hastellata (23902) Alectryonia hastellata, Alectryonia gregaria (23887) | |
| Berriasian | Mexico (Durango) | Alectryonia sp. (2154) | |
| Valanginian | Switzerland | Alectryonia rectangularis (2245) | |
| Valanginian - Hauterivian | Tanzania | Alectryonia rectangularis (79024 79263) | |
| Hauterivian | Portugal | Alectryonia rectangularis (65740) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Serbia and Montenegro | Alectryonia rectangularis (67546) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Algeria | Alectryonia rectangularis (40787) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Alectryonia carinata (58637) | |
| Campanian | Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) | Alectryonia falcata (88232) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Tamil Nadu) | Alectryonia pectinata (46507) | |
| Maastrichtian | Iran | Alectryonia pectinata (87113) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Turkey | Alectryonia diluviana (34586) | |
| Paleocene | Niger | Alectryonia martinsi (184349) | |
| Ypresian | France | Ostrea boriesi (59788 59789) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Alectryonia johnsoni (81179 81186 81188 81189 81190 81191 83757 83802 89849 92783) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Alectryonia ludoviciana (81242 81256) | |
| Lutetian | USA (South Carolina) | Alectryonia ludoviciana (5342) Lopha ludoviciana (32901 52344) | |
| Bartonian | Egypt | Ostrea clotbeyi (41916 41917 42051 42052 79674) | |
| Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | Alectryonia ludoviciana (5344 5345 5353) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Alectryonia johnsoni (81282) | |
| Bartonian | Libya | Ostrea clotbeyi (42134) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | Ostrea martinsi (78617) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Alectryonia clotbeyi (79700) Ostrea cloti (86659) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Ostrea clotbeyi (42137) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Ostrea caboblanquensis (41543 41544 41545 41552 41553 41555 41572) |