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Ostrea crenulimarginata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb p. 398 figs. pl. 68, figs. 40, 41
1912Ostrea crenulimarginata Maury p. 36

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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
speciescrenulimarginataGabb 1860

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height119.596.5018.78.904.12

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Ostrea crenulimarginata (86474)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) Ostrea crenulimarginata (99173)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Tennessee) Ostrea crenulimarginata (91768 98666)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Ostrea crenulimarginata (2807 2808 2809 2810 2812 2814 2815 2817 2818 2819 2821 2823 2836 2838 2839 2841 2848 2851 2852 2861 83292 83293 83295 83297 90613 91112 98391 98392 98435)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Georgia) Ostrea crenulimarginata (2832)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Ostrea crenulimarginata (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Ostrea crenulimarginata (99016 99052 108444 108445 205466)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Tennessee) Ostrea crenulimarginata (98664 98668)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) Ostrea crenulimarginata (86288)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Georgia) Ostrea crenulimarginata (98660)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Ostrea crenulimarginata (2922 2926)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Ostrea crenulimarginata (86182 89867 89947)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Ostrea crenulimarginata (98923)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Ostrea crenulimarginata (80170)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Trinidad and Tobago Ostrea crenulimarginata (80171)