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Taxonomy
Ostrea cubitus was named by Deshayes (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Cubitostrea.
It was recombined as Cubitostrea cubitus by Vialov (1936); it was recombined as Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) cubitus by Glibert and van de Poel (1965).
It was recombined as Cubitostrea cubitus by Vialov (1936); it was recombined as Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) cubitus by Glibert and van de Poel (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idriaensis, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rionegrensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. skidegatensis, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Ostrea cubitus Deshayes p. 17 |
| 1928 | Ostrea cubitus Vredenburg p. 423 |
| 1936 | Cubitostrea cubitus Vialov p. 17 |
| 1965 | Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) cubitus Glibert and van de Poel p. 63 |
| 1990 | Ostrea cubitus Squires and Demetrion p. 388 |
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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.
†Ostrea cubitus Deshayes 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian | France (Oise) | Ostrea cubitus (3494) | |
| Bartonian | France | Crassostrea cubitus (78567) Ostrea cubitus (3721) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Ostrea cubitus (42137) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Cubitostrea cubitus (184745) | |
| Priabonian | Bulgaria (Burgas) | Ostrea cubitus (102293) | |
| Rupelian | Pakistan | Ostrea cubitus (77159) |