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Taxonomy
Ostrea carolinensis was named by Conrad (1832).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Ostrea carolinensis Conrad p. 27 figs. Plate XIV, Fig. 1 |
| 1904 | Ostrea carolinensis Glenn p. 381 |
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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 carolinensis Conrad 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Serravallian or 41.30000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | Ostrea carolinensis (91762) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (South Carolina) | Ostrea carolinensis (92435) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Ostrea carolinensis (70846 70855 79116) |