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Saccostrea glomerata (Commercial Rock Oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea glomerata was named by Gould (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific-New Zealand.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea (Ostrea) glomerata by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Saccostrea glomerata by Wilson (2002) and Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ostrea glomerata Gould
1994Ostrea (Ostrea) glomerata Skwarko p. g4
2002Saccostrea glomerata Wilson p. 46
2007Saccostrea glomerata Hendy

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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)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCrassostreinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusSaccostreaDolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920
speciesglomerata(Gould 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.

Saccostrea glomerata Gould 1850 [Commercial Rock Oyster]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:09:27
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:09:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Ostrea glomerata (71656)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Ostrea glomerata (70088)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Philippines (Panay) Ostrea glomerata (41664)