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Taxonomy
Ostrea veatchii was named by Gabb (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Pleistocene; California-Mexico]. Its type specimen is ANSP 4502, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was synonymized subjectively with Ostrea vespertina by Jordan and Hertlein (1926), Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Ostrea haitensis vespertina by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) veatchii by Moore (1987); it was recombined as Myrakeena veatchii by Squires et al. (2006).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ostrea vespertina by Jordan and Hertlein (1926), Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Ostrea haitensis vespertina by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) veatchii by Moore (1987); it was recombined as Myrakeena veatchii by Squires et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Ostrea veatchii Gabb pp. 34-35 figs. pl. 11, fig. 59 |
| 1869 | Ostrea veatchii Gabb p. 60 figs. PI. 17, Fig. 21, 21 a |
| 1884 | Ostrea veatchii Heilprin p. 316 |
| 1972 | Ostrea veatchii Hertlein and Grant pp. 219-221 |
| 1984 | Ostrea veatchii Smirth p. 206 |
| 1987 | Lopha (Lopha) veatchii Moore p. 24 |
| 2006 | Myrakeena veatchii Squires et al. p. 7 figs. Figures 9–14 |
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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.
†Myrakeena veatchii Gabb 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available