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Lopha costata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea costata was named by Sowerby (1825).

It was recombined as Arctostrea costata by Weir (1929); it was recombined as Lopha costata by Cox (1935) and Sha (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. cordillerana, L. intricata, L. kindopeensis, L. marshi, L. plicatula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Ostrea costata Sowerby
1929Arctostrea costata Weir p. 21 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 17
1935Lopha costata Cox
1995Lopha costata Sha p. 102 figs. Pl 40, figs 8-10

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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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLophinaeVialov 1936
genusLophaRöding 1798
speciescostata(Sowerby 1825)

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.

†Lopha costata Sowerby 1825
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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 Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 199.30000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile Lopha costata (7419 7420 7422 7436)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kenya Lopha costata (36455)
Bathonian - Bajocian168.3 - 168.3Kenya Arctostrea costata (161801)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Lopha costata (36550)
Bathonian - Kimmeridgian168.3 - 152.1China (Qinghai) Lopha costata (59649)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Lopha costata (96148 96156 96161 96165 96171 96183 96194)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Lopha costata (96164)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Lopha costata (96155 96182 96186 96187 96193)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Lopha costata (96147 96150 96160)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Lopha costata (96149 96154 96166 96167 96168 96184 96185 96189 96192)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Lopha costata (96142 96143 96144 96151 96157 96162 96174 96175 96178 96181)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Lopha costata (96172 96173 96179 96180 96190 96191)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Lopha costata (96145 96146 96152 96153 96158 96159 96163 96169 96170 96176 96177)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kenya Lopha costata (36461 36473)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Lopha costata (93482)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Somalia Lopha costata (92996)