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Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea divaricata was named by Lea (1833). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cubitostrea divaricata by Stenzel (1949); it was recombined as Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata by Stenzel et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Ostrea divaricata Lea p. 96 figs. pl. 3, fig. 69
1879Ostrea divaricata Heilprin p. 220
1949Cubitostrea divaricata Stenzel p. 45
1957Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata Stenzel et al. p. 92

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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
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897
subgenusCubitostreaSacco 1897
speciesdivaricata(Lea 1833)

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Cubitostrea divaricata (91121)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea divaricata (81212 81238 81258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Cubitostrea divaricata (209378)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Cubitostrea divaricata (2414 2415)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Cubitostrea divaricata (2412)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Ostrea divaricata (92485)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Cubitostrea divaricata (91116)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea divaricata (2440 2441 98355)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Cubitostrea divaricata (90642)