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Ostrea beloiti

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Ostrea beloiti Logan p. 214 figs. pl. 25, figs. 7, 8
1988Ostrea beloiti Kennedy et al. p. 42 fig. 2f,g,m,r
1993Ostrea beloiti Kennedy and Cobban p. 335

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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
speciesbeloitiLogan 1899

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.

Ostrea beloiti Logan 1899
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Ostrea beloiti (10180)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Ostrea beloiti (88566 88567 88568)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Ostrea beloiti (177077 178790 178835 178836)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Ostrea beloiti (35429)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Ostrea beloiti (177081 231776 231777)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Ostrea beloiti (177076)