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Ostrea (Alectryonia)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Alectryonia was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1807).

It was reranked as Ostrea (Alectryonia) by White (1889), Martin (1922), DuBar (1958), da Silva Forti (1969).

It was assigned to Ostrea by White (1889), Martin (1922), DuBar (1958), da Silva Forti (1969); and to Ostreidae by Papier (2001).

Subtaxa
Alectryonia clotbeyi, Alectryonia ludoviciana, Alectryonia martinsi, Alectryonia parasitica, Ostrea (Alectryonia) dilleri, Ostrea (Alectryonia) diluviana, Ostrea (Alectryonia) gregarea
Species lacking formal opinion data
Alectryonia carinata, Alectryonia rhodani, Ostrea agnevoensis, Ostrea ajatensis, Ostrea arkotensis, Ostrea boriesi, Ostrea boussaci, Ostrea bryani, Ostrea chillyensis, Ostrea cimana, Ostrea cunabula, Ostrea densata, Ostrea denselamellosa, Ostrea duvergieri, Ostrea elhuyari, Ostrea eothirsae, Ostrea equatoralis, Ostrea equatorialis, Ostrea erina, Ostrea esutoruensis, Ostrea fimbriata, Ostrea guaranitica, Ostrea idriaensis, Ostrea idrianensis, Ostrea lapillicola, Ostrea longiuscula, Ostrea mackayi, Ostrea maradensis, Ostrea maxima, Ostrea mcnairyensis, Ostrea mesentrica, Ostrea mitsuiana, Ostrea palaemon, Ostrea pauciplicata, Ostrea penegemmea, Ostrea perirregularis, Ostrea petrosal, Ostrea restinensis, Ostrea rionegrensis, Ostrea rouardti, Ostrea rouaulti, Ostrea rudicula, Ostrea sakaryensis, Ostrea sallomacensis, Ostrea selleformis, Ostrea sicardi, Ostrea sinuosa, Ostrea skidegatensis, Ostrea sloani, Ostrea sublingua, Ostrea tigiliana, Ostrea trachydiscus, Ostrea virgata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Alectryonia Fischer de Waldheim
1889Ostrea (Alectryonia) White p. 444
1922Ostrea (Alectryonia) Martin p. 480
1958Ostrea (Alectryonia) DuBar p. 157
1969Ostrea (Alectryonia) da Silva Forti p. 75
2001Alectryonia Papier

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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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOstreaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusAlectryonia(Fischer de Waldheim 1807)

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.

Subg. †Ostrea (Alectryonia) Fischer de Waldheim 1807
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†Alectryonia clotbeyi Bellardi 1854
†Alectryonia ludoviciana Harris 1919
†Alectryonia martinsi Archiac 1850
†Alectryonia parasitica Krumbeck 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 233.60000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3USA (Nevada) Alectryonia sp. (201916)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Indonesia (Maluku) Alectryonia parasitica (204327 204486 204487 204489)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Indonesia (Maluku) Alectryonia parasitica (204488)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France Alectryonia haidingeriana (39361 39362 39363 39364 39365 39366 39367)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5France Alectryonia rhodani, Alectryonia tinieri (39215)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5France Alectryonia rhodani, Alectryonia tinierei (39379)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Yukon) Alectryonia sp. (34220)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France Alectryonia sp. (51501)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Alectryonia marchi (38740) Alectryonia marshi (38737)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Bourgogne) Alectryonia sp. (36451)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Alectryonia sp. (13151)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Ostrea gregaria (91906)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Alectryonia sp. (13113 13126)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Tanzania Alectryonia sp. (35570)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Alectryonia hastellata (23902) Alectryonia hastellata, Alectryonia gregaria (23887)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Mexico (Durango) Alectryonia sp. (2154)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Alectryonia rectangularis (2245)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Tanzania Alectryonia rectangularis (79024 79263)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Alectryonia rectangularis (65740)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Serbia Alectryonia rectangularis (67546)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Algeria Alectryonia rectangularis (40787)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Alectryonia carinata (58637)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Ostrea arcotensis (235519)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Alectryonia falcata (88232)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Türkiye Alectryonia diluviana (34586)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran Alectryonia pectinata (87113)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Tamil Nadu) Alectryonia pectinata (46507)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Niger Alectryonia martinsi (184349)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Ostrea boriesi (59788 59789)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Alectryonia johnsoni (81179 81186 81188 81189 81190 81191 83757 83802 89849 92783)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Alectryonia ludoviciana (5342) Lopha ludoviciana (32901 52344)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Alectryonia ludoviciana (81242 81256)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Ostrea clotbeyi (41916 41917 42051 42052 79674)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Libya Ostrea clotbeyi (42134)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Alectryonia ludoviciana (5344 5345 5353)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Alectryonia johnsoni (81282)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Libya Ostrea clotbeyi (42137)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Ostrea martinsi (78617)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Alectryonia clotbeyi (79700) Ostrea cloti (86659)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Ostrea caboblanquensis (41543 41544 41545 41552 41553 41555 41572)