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Ostrea (Ostrea)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea (Ostrea) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ostrea by Oostingh (1935), DuBar (1958), da Silva Forti (1969), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Moore (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Marquet (2002) and Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Subtaxa
Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis, Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii, Ostrea (Ostrea) bataviana, Ostrea (Ostrea) bomasensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) djuvanaensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) duvali, Ostrea (Ostrea) intermedoides, Ostrea (Ostrea) njalindungensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) osiris, Ostrea (Ostrea) paulucciae, Ostrea (Ostrea) podagrina, Ostrea (Ostrea) promensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) puruensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) spolongensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) subdigitalina, Ostrea (Ostrea) tegalensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Ostrea agnevoensis, Ostrea ajatensis, Ostrea arkotensis, Ostrea boriesi, Ostrea boussaci, Ostrea bryani, Ostrea chillyensis, Ostrea cimana, Ostrea cunabula, Ostrea densata, Ostrea denselamellosa, Ostrea duvergieri, Ostrea elhuyari, Ostrea eothirsae, Ostrea equatoralis, Ostrea equatorialis, Ostrea erina, Ostrea esutoruensis, Ostrea fimbriata, Ostrea guaranitica, Ostrea idrianensis, Ostrea lapillicola, Ostrea longiuscula, Ostrea mackayi, Ostrea maradensis, Ostrea maxima, Ostrea mcnairyensis, Ostrea mesentrica, Ostrea mitsuiana, Ostrea palaemon, Ostrea pauciplicata, Ostrea penegemmea, Ostrea perirregularis, Ostrea petrosal, Ostrea restinensis, Ostrea rouardti, Ostrea rouaulti, Ostrea rudicula, Ostrea sakaryensis, Ostrea sallomacensis, Ostrea selleformis, Ostrea sicardi, Ostrea sinuosa, Ostrea sloani, Ostrea sublingua, Ostrea tigiliana, Ostrea trachydiscus, Ostrea virgata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea (Ostrea) Linnaeus
1935Ostrea (Ostrea) Oostingh p. 143
1958Ostrea (Ostrea) DuBar p. 157
1969Ostrea (Ostrea) da Silva Forti p. 74
1983Ostrea (Ostrea) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 92
1987Ostrea (Ostrea) Moore pp. 27, 28
1988Ostrea (Ostrea) Freneix et al. p. 5
2002Ostrea (Ostrea) Marquet
2003Ostrea (Ostrea) Mandic and Steininger p. 276

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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
subgenusOstreaLinnaeus 1758

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 (Ostrea) Linnaeus 1758
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†Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis Aldrich 1904
†Ostrea (Ostrea) duvali Gardner 1927
†Ostrea (Ostrea) osiris Zittel 1883
†Ostrea (Ostrea) promensis Noetling 1901
†Ostrea (Ostrea) subdigitalina Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Ostrea (Ostrea) tegalensis Oostingh 1935
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 83.50000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (122 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Ostrea type 1, Ostrea type 2 (32142) Ostrea type 2 (32139)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Ostrea multilirata (92246 99053)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7Egypt (Western Desert) Ostrea osiris (3135)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Alabama) Ostrea arrosis (85330 85562)
Middle Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene61.7 - 48.6USA (Texas) Ostrea duvali (98705 98706)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Ostrea arrosis (80367 98309)
Selandian - Ypresian61.6 - 47.8USA (Texas) Ostrea duvali (98858)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) Ostrea duvali (205434) Ostrea multilirata (98816)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Ostrea multilirata (92281 98918 98920 98923 99717 99721)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Ostrea intermedoides (92352)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Ostrea arrosis (92462 92463 92464 92465 92466 92467)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Ostrea duvali (41752)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Mexico (Tamaulipas) Ostrea intermedoides (42929 42930 42931 42932 42933 42934 42935 42936 42937)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Ostrea puruensis (70082)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Florida) Ostrea podagrina (99196)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0China (Xinjiang) Ostrea ulugqatica (77851)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria Ostrea flabellulaeformis (102289)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Ostrea podogrina (3568 3570 3571 3574 3575 3576)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Ostrea podagrina (61113 61115)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Ostrea podagrina (60822)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) Ostrea flabellulaeformis (102286)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Ostrea atwoodi (194805 195039 195076 195077 195078 195081 195416)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Ostrea fimbriata (77403) Ostrea granensis (65161)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Ostrea podagrina (43063)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) Ostrea promensis (46365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Ostrea atwoodii (44988)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Ostrea bomasensis, Ostrea spolongensis (70086) Ostrea njalindungensis (63040)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Ostrea fimbriata (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Ostrea podagrina (94810)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia (West Java) Ostrea njalindungensis (179626)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Ostrea fimbriata (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Ostrea promensis (70077)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Ostrea atwoodi (194797 194799 194801 194803 194892 194895 195029 195035 195037 195038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Ostrea lixula (41545 41553 41569) Ostrea pannucea (41550)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Ostrea atwoodi (211317 216913 220182 220187)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Ostrea denselamellosa (96673 96674 96675 96676)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Ostrea fimbriata (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Ostrea koroensis (68180)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Ostrea bataviana (70089) Ostrea paulucciae (84523 84544) Ostrea paulucciae, Ostrea tegalensis (84519 84520 84533 84545) Ostrea tegalensis (84517 84521 84526)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Ostrea atwoodi (215294 215435 216864 216865 216872 216906)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Ostrea sp. B (70084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Ostrea disparilis (79331 79334 79335 79336) Ostrea subdigitalina (79786 79787 79789)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Ostrea denselamellosa (96969 96970 97028 97029)