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Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea vicksburgensis was named by Conrad (1848) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6783; DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Alectryonia vicksburgensis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Alectryonella vicksburgensis by May (1974); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis by Dockery (1980) and Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. cordillerana, L. intricata, L. kindopeensis, L. marshi, L. plicatula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ostrea vicksburgensis Conrad p. 296
1919Ostrea vicksburgensis Harris p. 14
1940Ostrea vicksburgensis Mansfield p. 186
1965Alectryonia vicksburgensis Palmer and Brann p. 25
1974Alectryonella vicksburgensis May p. 54
1980Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Dockery p. 163
1982Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Dockery p. 53
2002Ostrea vicksburgensis Kosnik

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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)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLophinaeVialov 1936
genusLophaRöding 1798
subgenusLophaRöding 1798
speciesvicksburgensis()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Chattian or 41.30000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Ostrea vicksburgensis (1426)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Alectryonia vicksbergensis (3509) Alectryonia vicksburgensis (3508 3518 3520)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Alectryonia vickburgensis (3547) Alectryonia vicksburgensis (3548 3549 3550) Ostrea vicksburgensis (89612)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Ostrea vicksburgensis (43084)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Ostrea vicksburgensis (60831)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Ostrea vicksburgensis (89611 205613 205619 205826)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Lopha vicksburgensis (5500 5501 5612 5779 5787 5791 5805 5820 5867 5943 5944 6002 6005 7110 7111 7114 66310 66312 66314 66316 66317 66327 66330 66331 66332 66334 66335 66336 101194) Ostrea vicksburgensis (84137 155964 169205 205621)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Alabama) Ostrea vicksburgensis (42151 42152 42161 155934 155959)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) Ostrea vicksburgensis (43089 43090)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alabama) Ostrea vicksburgensis (84142 89610)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) Ostrea vicksburgensis (205805)