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Ceratostreon

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ceratostreon Bayle
1980Ceratostreon Vokes p. 64
2002Ceratostreon Sepkoski
2007Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) Lazo
2010Ceratostreon Aberhan
2010Ceratostreon Bouchet et al.
2021Ceratostreon Mendir et al. p. 9

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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
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936
genusCeratostreonBayle 1878

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. †Ceratostreon Bayle 1878
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Invalid names: Exogyra spinosa Matheron 1842 [synonym], Gryphoea auricularis Brongiart 1822 [synonym], Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea plicifera Dujardin 1859 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Exogyra haliotoidea Sowerby 1813 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Ostrea sigmoidea Reuss 1844 [synonym]
†Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Exogyra complicata Mahmoud 1955 [synonym], Exogyra harpa Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra involuta Seguenza 1882 [synonym], Exogyra plicata Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites carinatus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ostrea flabella Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea flabellata Goldfuss 1845 [synonym]
†Ceratostreon minos Coquand 1869
†Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 154.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (239 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Chile (Coquimbo) C. sp. (221620)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian145.06 - 137.05Argentina (Neuquén) Ostrea minos (135627)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Chile (Copiapó) C. sp. (223611)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Chile (Chañaral) C. sp. (223609)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Chile (Ovalle) C. sp. (222430 222455)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Argentina (Mendoza) C. minos (44669 44677 44710 44711)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland C. tuberculiferum (67139)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Argentina Amphidonte sp. (44679)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland C. minos (213516)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Ostrea minos (2247)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Normandy) C. pliciferum (1325)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia C. pliciferum (1365 185653)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt Amphidonte pliciferum (185823)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria C. pliciferum (1379)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain C. pliciferum (1317 1378)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands C. pliciferum (1326)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman C. pliciferum (1381)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France C. pliciferum (1327)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Algeria C. pliciferum (1344 185646)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan C. ducussata, C. pliciferum (1350)