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Rostroperna

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Rostroperna is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Isognomonidae by Aberhan et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Rostroperna Sepkoski
2004Rostroperna Aberhan et al.

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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)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
subfamilyIsognomoninae(Woodring 1925)
genusRostroperna

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
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 07:48:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:46:35
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 164.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia R. sp. (13866 13902 13903 13904)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia R. sp. (13614)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian164.7 - 157.3Tunisia R. sp. (13504)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Tunisia R. sp. (13507 13509 13520)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal R. sp. (68602) R. thurmani (8426) R. thurmanni (5988 6010 8603)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal R. sp. (67904 67905 67906 67908 67933 67936)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal R. thurmanni (8159)