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Agerostrea falcata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea falcata was named by Morton (1827) [m. kosnik taxon no: 1772].

It was recombined as Arctostrea falcata by Bobkova (1961); it was recombined as Lopha falcata by Owens et al. (1970); it was recombined as Agorostrea falcata by Baird (1984); it was recombined as Agerostrea falcata by Kosnik (2002), Aberhan (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Ostrea falcata Morton
1884Ostrea (Alectryonia) larva White
1923Ostrea falcata Stephenson
1941Ostrea falcata Stephenson
1961Arctostrea falcata Bobkova
1970Lopha falcata Owens et al.
1984Agorostrea falcata Baird
2002Agerostrea falcata Kosnik
2010Agerostrea falcata Aberhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFlemingostreidaeStenzel 1971
subfamilyFlemingostreinaeStenzel 1971
tribeCurvostreiniMalchus 1990
genusAgerostreaVialov 1936
speciesfalcata(Morton 1827)

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.

†Agerostrea falcata Morton 1827
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Alectryonia) larva White 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 09:14:10
Modified: 2010-02-16 03:18:02
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) Ostrea falcata (211326 225659)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Agerostrea falcata (6123 6132 6133 6136 6137 6138 6139) Ostrea falcata (46566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Agerostrea falcata (82635)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Agerostrea falcata (32139 32140 32142)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Agerostrea falcata (207338)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Agerostrea falcata (6144 6146 6147 6152 6155 6156 6157 6170 6171 6172 6174 6175 6176) Ostrea falcata (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Ostrea falcata (88357)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Agerostrea falcata (3868 3870 3877 3883)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Ostrea falcata (35048)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Agerostrea falcata (124935) Agorostrea falcata (46617) Ostrea falcata (124933)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Agerostrea falcata (7615 7618 7628)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ostrea larva (4203 4206)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Agerostrea falcata (5554)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Agerostrea falcata (1313)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Agerostrea falcata (1296 1297 1298 1392 7480 7483 7489 7544)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Agerostrea falcata (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Agerostrea falcata (1310)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Ostrea falcata (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Agerostrea falcata (1306 1307 1308)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Kazakhstan Agerostrea falcata (1343)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Agerostrea falcata (1348)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Agerostrea falcata (1311)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Agerostrea falcata (1304 1305 1391 7599)