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Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy

Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon was named by Woodring (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352771, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Lopha cordillerana, Lopha intricata, Lopha kindopeensis, Lopha marshi, Lopha plicatula, 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
1925	Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon Woodring p. 60 figs. pl. 6, figs. 12-14

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Ostreidina	(Ferussac 1822)
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Ostreidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Lophinae	Vialov 1936
genus	Ostrea	Röding 1798
subgenus	Lopha
species	paramegodon

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 (Lopha) paramegodon Woodring 1925

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Jamaica	Ostrea paramegodon (58522)