Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative spelling: Ostraea
Synonyms: Myrakeena, Pretostrea Iredale 1939, Tiostrea Chanley and Dinamani 1980
Parent taxon: Ostreidae according to S. Schneider et al. 2005
See also Adegoke 1977, Beu et al. 1990, Bohm 1926, Böhm and Weisfermel 1913, Bouchet et al. 2010, Casadio 1998, Clark and Arnold 1923, da Silva Forti 1969, Dockery 1982, Durham 1944, Freneix et al. 1988, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Holmes 1860, Kensley and Pether 1986, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Marquet 2002, Moore 1987, Morales-Ortega et al. 2016, Mukerjee 1939, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1931, Oostingh 1935, Packard 1922, Powell 2008, Raith et al. 2016, Rivera 1957, Russell and Landes 1937, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Stanton 1895, Stilwell et al. 2004, Tomida and Nakamura 2001, Turner 1938, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992, Weaver 1916, Wienrich 1999, Woodring 1925, Woodring 1938, Woods 1922, Wozny 1977 and Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Crassostreinae, Denostrea, Kulunostrea, Laevostrea, Lophinae, Margostrea, Nicaisolopha, Notostrea, Oscillopha, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Pulvinostrea, Quadrostrea, Saccostreinae, Striostreinae, Umbrostrea
Subtaxa: Ostraea decemcostata Ostraea liscaviensis Ostraea multicostata Ostraea placunoides Ostraea scabiosa Ostraea spondyloides Ostrea (Alectryonia) Ostrea (Bellostrea) Ostrea (Catinula) Ostrea (Eostrea) Ostrea (Euostrea) Ostrea (Gryphaea) Ostrea (Liostrea) Ostrea (Nanostrea) Ostrea (Ostrea) Ostrea abeokutaensis Ostrea albertensis Ostrea amorpha Ostrea angasi Ostrea angelica Ostrea angusta Ostrea antarctica Ostrea arenicola Ostrea asseezi Ostrea aupouria Ostrea bathonica Ostrea baylei Ostrea beloiti Ostrea berkeyi Ostrea biauriculata Ostrea bicolor Ostrea blackensis Ostrea blanipedi Ostrea brewerii Ostrea brongniarti Ostrea buski Ostrea calceoformis Ostrea calceolus Ostrea californica Ostrea carolinensis Ostrea cassis Ostrea castellobrancoi Ostrea chilensis Ostrea chudeaui Ostrea collazica Ostrea complicata Ostrea compressirostra Ostrea conchaphila Ostrea conica Ostrea costaricensis Ostrea crandalli Ostrea crenulimarginata Ostrea crescentica Ostrea cristata Ostrea cubitus Ostrea cumingiana Ostrea cymbula Ostrea cynthiae Ostrea davaiacensis Ostrea democraciana Ostrea directa Ostrea dorsalis Ostrea durotoyei Ostrea edulis Ostrea edwilsoni Ostrea elegantula Ostrea eorivularis Ostrea equestris Ostrea flavicans Ostrea foisseyi Ostrea forskali Ostrea fraasi Ostrea friryi Ostrea frondosa Ostrea fundata Ostrea gajensis Ostrea georgiana Ostrea germaini Ostrea gingensis Ostrea glabra Ostrea golfotristensis Ostrea hinnites Ostrea hippopus Ostrea hyotidoidea Ostrea inca Ostrea incisa Ostrea indigena Ostrea inornata Ostrea invalida Ostrea iridescens Ostrea islandicus Ostrea jibananandai Ostrea jogjacartensis Ostrea johnsoni Ostrea kahoensis Ostrea kauffmani Ostrea khamirensis Ostrea laticaudata Ostrea latimarginata Ostrea lipoldi Ostrea ludensis Ostrea lunaeformis Ostrea lurida Ostrea maculosa Ostrea malleiformis Ostrea manubriata Ostrea marcignyana Ostrea marginidentata Ostrea marshiiformis Ostrea mauricensis Ostrea mediocostata Ostrea merceyi Ostrea messor Ostrea meunieri Ostrea minbuensis Ostrea minerensis Ostrea minuta Ostrea miradorensis Ostrea monetalis Ostrea monroensis Ostrea negritensis Ostrea neuquena Ostrea nodosa Ostrea normalis Ostrea obliterata Ostrea olequahensis Ostrea olisiponensis Ostrea olowui Ostrea omatsolae Ostrea oxiana Ostrea paleomarginidentata Ostrea pangadiensis Ostrea paracasensis Ostrea parasitica Ostrea paroxis Ostrea parrensis Ostrea pejerreyensis Ostrea pellucens Ostrea pesfelis Ostrea pesleonis Ostrea petrosa Ostrea peytoni Ostrea philippii Ostrea pictetiana Ostrea pileosimilis Ostrea placunoides Ostrea plicatula Ostrea portoricoensis Ostrea praelonga Ostrea princeps Ostrea procyonis Ostrea prona Ostrea protoimbricata Ostrea pseudocrassissima Ostrea pseudodigitalina Ostrea pseudorissensis Ostrea pulaskensis Ostrea radula Ostrea raveneliana Ostrea reniformis Ostrea resupinata Ostrea retusa Ostrea roncana Ostrea rugosa Ostrea russelli Ostrea sakaryaensis Ostrea sakitoensis Ostrea samanensis Ostrea sanctaecrucis Ostrea sandalina Ostrea sanguinea Ostrea sansebastiana Ostrea saxitoniana Ostrea semidentata Ostrea seymourensis Ostrea sohli Ostrea soleniscus Ostrea sookensis Ostrea spondyloides Ostrea stentina Ostrea striatula Ostrea sturtiana Ostrea subangulata Ostrea subanomia Ostrea submissa Ostrea subovata Ostrea subradiosa Ostrea subuncinella Ostrea superficialis Ostrea supranummulitica Ostrea tacalensis Ostrea taxidonta Ostrea tegulanea Ostrea thalassoklusta Ostrea turkestanensis Ostrea turkestanensis Ostrea ultimaespei Ostrea uncinta Ostrea ungulata Ostrea vaughani Ostrea ventilabrum Ostrea venusta Ostrea vermicostata Ostrea vestita Ostrea weaveri Ostrea wiedenmayeri Ostrea wilckensi Ostrea wollastoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Argentina (3), Australia (4), Belgium (2), Brazil (5), Cape Verde (1), Chile (1), China (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (2), Djibouti (3), the Dominican Republic (3), Eritrea (1), Greece (1), Haiti (3), India (1), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Italy (6), Jamaica (1), Japan (7), Kenya (8), Mexico (15), Namibia (2), the Netherlands (7), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (5), Saudi Arabia (1), the Seychelles (1), South Africa (7), Spain (2), Taiwan (3), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (79: California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington), Uruguay (3), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (2), Mexico (1), United States (3: Alaska, Florida, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Algeria (4), Antarctica (1), Australia (5), Belgium (5), Chile (10), Colombia (9), Costa Rica (2), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (4), Egypt (1), Fiji (1), Greece (11), Haiti (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (14), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (6), Mexico (6), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (7), Pakistan (4), Portugal (1), South Africa (6), Spain (3), Trinidad and Tobago (3), the United Kingdom (8), United States (54: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (2), Chile (2), the Netherlands Antilles (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (14), Argentina (9), Australia (9), Austria (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (1), Chile (4), Colombia (3), Cyprus (5), Ecuador (5), Egypt (1), France (5), Germany (2), Greece (7), Greenland (1), Grenada (13), Haiti (1), India (19), Indonesia (7), Iran (2), Iraq (1), Israel (1), Italy (6), Jamaica (1), Japan (44), Libya (3), Madagascar (4), Malta (1), Mexico (4), Morocco (10), New Zealand (6), Pakistan (6), Panama (19), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (4), the Philippines (1), Poland (1), Portugal (7), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Slovakia (3), Somalia (12), Spain (5), Sri Lanka (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Ukraine (1), United States (77: California, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (17)
• Neogene of Chile (3)
• Deseadan of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (5: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), France (2), Haiti (5), India (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (29), New Zealand (6), Oman (1), Pakistan (4), Peru (7), Puerto Rico (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Somalia (13), United States (53: Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington), Venezuela (3)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2), Haiti (1), Peru (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (13), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Bahrain (4), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (2), China (1), Colombia (7), Egypt (22), France (5), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Hungary (3), India (15), Indonesia (2), Italy (4), Japan (19), Libya (9), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (15), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (2), the Netherlands Antilles (1), New Zealand (8), Nigeria (10), Pakistan (3), Peru (15), Poland (4), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (3), South Africa (1), Spain (18), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (21), United States (161: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1), Turkey (1), United States (3: Texas)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (8), Belgium (1), China (7), Denmark (6), Egypt (3), France (1), Germany (2), Mali (1), Mexico (13), New Zealand (2), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (4), Slovakia (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (184: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleogene of Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Angola (1), Argentina (15), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (6), Cameroon (2), Canada (28: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), Chile (5), Colombia (23), Denmark (1), Egypt (4), Ethiopia (1), France (12), Gabon (2), Germany (9), Haiti (1), India (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (5), Kazakhstan (3), Laos (1), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (8), Mozambique (9), New Zealand (41), Niger (1), Nigeria (3), Peru (11), Poland (2), Portugal (9), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (6), Sweden (2), Switzerland (24), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (444: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Heterian of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Belgium (1), Canada (19: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (15), Cuba (2), Ethiopia (2), France (41), Germany (2), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (4), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Slovakia (1), Somalia (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (40), United States (27: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming), Yemen (1)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), France (7), Germany (8), Hungary (3), Indonesia (9), Italy (9), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Turkey (1), United States (21: Alaska, California, Nevada)
• Permian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2487 collections including 2835 occurrences
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