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Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) was named by Sacco (1897).

It was assigned to Cubitostrea by Stenzel (1949) and Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) Sacco
1949Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) Stenzel p. 45

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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)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897
subgenusCubitostreaSacco 1897

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.

Subg. †Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) Sacco 1897
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Cubitostrea divaricata (91121)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea perplicata (81186 81187 81188 81189 81190 81191 83757 83758 83802 83804 89849 90602 92783)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Georgia) Cubitostrea perplicata (81192)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Cubitostrea divaricata (209378)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Cubitostrea divaricata (2414 2415) Cubitostrea perplicata (99668)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Cubitostrea sanctiaugustini (92244)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea divaricata (81212 81238 81258)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Cubitostrea divaricata (2412)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) Cubitostrea linguafelis (91760)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Cubitostrea divaricata (90642)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Cubitostrea santiaugustini (205422 205480)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea divaricata (2440 2441 98355)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Ostrea divaricata (92485)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Cubitostrea divaricata (91116)