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Taxonomy
Ostrea bellovacina was named by Lamarck (1806) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleogene; Paris Basin.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was corrected as Ostrea bellovacensis by Cossmann (1897); it was recombined as Ostrea (Euostrea) bellovacina by Douvillé (1920); it was recombined as Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina by Vialov (1936); it was recombined as Ostrea (Turkostrea) bellovacina by Lan (1997).
It was corrected as Ostrea bellovacensis by Cossmann (1897); it was recombined as Ostrea (Euostrea) bellovacina by Douvillé (1920); it was recombined as Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina by Vialov (1936); it was recombined as Ostrea (Turkostrea) bellovacina by Lan (1997).
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
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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 (Bellostrea) bellovacina Lamarck 1806
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 66.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | United Kingdom (England) | Ostrea bellovacina (8083 8085) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Xinjiang) | Ostrea bellovacina (77836 77837 77838 77839 77840 77841) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Ostrea bellovacina (8104) | |
| Bartonian | France | Ostrea bellovacina (78567) | |
| Middle Miocene | Iraq | Ostrea bellovacina (173233) |