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Hyotissa virleti

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea virleti was named by Deshayes (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Mediterranean, Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ostrea (Alectryonia) virleti by Douglas (1927); it was recombined as Ostrea (Lopha) virleti by Cox (1936); it was recombined as Gryphaea virleti by Lumley et al. (1988); it was recombined as Hyotissa virleti by El-Hedeny (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Ostrea virleti Deshayes
1921Ostrea virleti Vredenburg p. 294
1927Ostrea (Alectryonia) virleti Douglas p. 6
1928Ostrea virleti Vredenburg p. 426
1936Ostrea (Lopha) virleti Cox p. 49
1958Ostrea virleti Azzaroli p. 107
1968Ostrea virleti Deraniyagala p. 92
1988Gryphaea virleti Lumley et al.
2005Hyotissa virleti El-Hedeny p. 723

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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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusHyotissaStenzel 1971
speciesvirleti(Deshayes 1832)

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.

Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:10:10
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:10:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Steuber 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar Ostrea virleti (76602)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sri Lanka Ostrea virleti (77650)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Iran Ostrea virleti (79067)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Sri Lanka Ostrea virleti (77477)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Lopha virleti (47992)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia Ostrea virleti (79077 79078 79082)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Egypt Hyotissa virleti (78613)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Madagascar Ostrea virleti (51586)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Iran Ostrea virleti (79065 79066)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Egypt Lopha virleti (96758)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt Lopha virleti (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt Lopha virleti (96760)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Gryphaea virleti (50523)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Ostrea virleti (101415)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Ostrea virleti (101414)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Hyotissa virleti (173265)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Gryphaea virleti (128384)