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Alectryonella

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Alectryonella was named by Sacco (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lophinae by Vokes (1980); to Ostreidae by Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Kosnik on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Alectryonella Sacco
1980Alectryonella Vokes p. 67
1998Alectryonella Lamprell and Healy p. 132
2002Alectryonella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLophinaeVialov 1936
genusAlectryonellaSacco 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.

G. Alectryonella Sacco 1897
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Alectryonella plicatula Lamarck 1801
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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt A. plicatula (96759)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.0117Iran A. plicatula (164152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia A. plicatula (201412 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya A. sp. (81072 81075)