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Ostrea (Liostrea)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Ostrea (Liostrea) Douville
1904Ostrea (Liostrea) Douvillé

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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
genusOstreaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusLiostreaDouvillé 1904

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 (Liostrea) Douvillé 1904
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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 Norian to the top of the Lutetian or 228.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Ostrea cimana (71784)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Ostrea acuminata (204058 204062 204063 204064 204067 204099 204100) Ostrea acuminata, Ostrea hebridica (204057 204061) Ostrea hebridica (159427 204056 204059)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7France Ostrea acuminata (170160)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1USA (Utah) Ostrea occidentalis (171892 171893) Ostrea strigulecula (172022 172023 172024)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Ostrea acuminata, Ostrea hebridica (96164)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Ostrea acuminata, Ostrea hebridica (96148 96156 96161 96165 96171 96183 96194)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Ostrea hebridica (96187 96193) Ostrea hebridica, Ostrea wiltonensis (96182)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Ostrea hebridica (96147 96150 96160)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Ostrea acuminata (59716)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Ostrea wiltonensis (96153 96159 96170)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Idaho) Ostrea strigicula (167329)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Ostrea sp. (93020)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Baluchistan) Ostrea mitsuiana (101942)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) Ostrea rouaulti, Ostrea sp. (46999)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Ostrea rouardti (145131) Ostrea sp. A (79074)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Himachal Pradesh) Ostrea rouaulti (81505)