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Hyotissa haitensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea haitensis was named by Sowerby (1850).

It was recombined as Pycnodonta haitensis by Olsson and Petit (1964); it was recombined as Hyotissa haitensis by Woodring (1982), Ward (1992) and Perrilliat (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ostrea haitensis Sowerby p. 53
1873Ostrea haytensis Gabb p. 257
1911Ostrea gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry p. 366 figs. pl. 29, fig. 1, 2
1919Ostrea haitensis Cooke p. 129
1927Ostrea gatunensis Hodson et al. p. 21 figs. pl. 10, fig. 7
1929Ostrea haitensis Anderson p. 153
1932Ostrea tamiamiensis Brown and Pilsbry p. 46 figs. pl. 14, figs. 1, 3
1961Ostrea (Pycnodonte) gatunensis Olsson and Richards p. 4
1964Pycnodonta haitensis Olsson and Petit p. 531
1982Hyotissa haitensis Woodring p. 607
1992Hyotissa haitensis Ward p. 76
1994Hyotissa haitensis Perrilliat p. 235

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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)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusHyotissaStenzel 1971
specieshaitensis(Sowerby 1850)

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.

Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Ostrea gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 [synonym], Ostrea tamiamiensis Brown and Pilsbry 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:10:10
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:10:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Colombia (La Guajira) Ostrea gatunensis (42772)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Costa Rica Hyotissa haitensis (77791)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Hyotissa haitensis (42627 42628 42629 93038 93039)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Hyotissa haitensis (79773 79776)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Pycnodonta haitensis (65162 112580)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Ostrea haitensis (75305 75308 75311)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Ostrea haitensis (41760 42214 42222 42223 42250 42290 42328 42365 42427 42482 42656 42663 92556)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Hyotissa haitensis (55517)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Hyotissa haitensis (93043)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Veracruz) Hyotissa haitensis (91583)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Hyotissa haitensis (111204) Ostrea haitensis (42870 43024 43047)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Hyotissa haitensis (82116 82119 82121 82125 82128 82129 82130 93062 93145 93146 93148 93159 93160 93162 93163 93167 93176)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Hyotissa haitensis (142905 145253 145254 145255 145283 145343 145567)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Ostrea haitensis (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Ostrea haitensis (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Ostrea haitensis (60095 60098 60099 60100 60103 60104 60106 60107 60108 60114)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Hyotissa haitensis (61177)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Ostrea haitensis (88294)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Ostrea haitensis (58821)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Pycnodonta haitensis (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Hyotissa haitensis (60940)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ostrea tamiamiensis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Ostrea haitensis (59484 59486 59487 85448 92739 92740) Pycnodonta haitensis (79761)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Ostrea tamiamiensis (41199 41205 41206 41209 79334)