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Hyotissa paraguanensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea paraguanensis was named by Hodson (1931). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Hyotissa paraguanensis by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Ostrea paraguanensis Hodson
1971Ostrea paraguanensis Jung p. 169
1982Hyotissa paraguanensis Woodring p. 607

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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
speciesparaguanensis(Hodson 1931)

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 paraguanensis Hodson 1931
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Grenada Ostrea paraguanensis (58734 58735)