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Ostrea equestris

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ostrea equestris Say
1969Ostrea (Alectryonia) equestris da Silva Forti p. 75
1982Ostrea equestris Woodring p. 612
2005Ostreola equestris Clavijo et al. p. 394
2016Ostrea equestris Raith et al. p. 269 figs. Fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOstreaLinnaeus 1758
speciesequestrisSay 1834

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.

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Ostrea equestris heothina Woodring 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Ostrea equestris (93051 93057 93166 93167 93168 93170 93172 93173 93174 93177)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Ostrea equestris (145195 145200 145211 145249 145250 145253 145334 145342 145354)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Ostreola equestris (130981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Ostrea equestris (175628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Ostreola equestris (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Ostrea equestris (195917 195928 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ostrea equestris (61311 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ostrea equestris (97606 97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Nova Brasilia) Ostrea equestris (43706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Ostrea equestris (72116)