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Dendostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Dendostrea Swainson
1980Dendostrea Vokes p. 67
1987Dendostrea Moore pp. 24, 25
1998Dendostrea Lamprell and Healy p. 132
2001Dendostrea Todd
2002Dendostrea Sepkoski
2005Dendostrea Rosenberg

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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
genusDendostreaSwainson 1835

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. Dendostrea Swainson 1835
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†Dendostrea angermanni Hertlein and Jordan 1927
†Dendostrea crenulifera Sowerby 1873
Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 [foliate oyster]
Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Lopha) folioides Woodring 1925 [synonym]
†Dendostrea sandvichensis Sowerby II 1871
†Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (209 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ostrea frons (198091)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Ostrea folium (77162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Ostrea angermanni (96568)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (71217 71223)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Ostrea folium (79075 79081 79095 79097 79100)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) D. sp. (156334 156356 156706 157343 157975 160770 160814 160815)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) D. sp. (136885 158100)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia Ostrea folium (79077 79082)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Lopha folium (70081)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Dominican Republic Ostrea folium (124722)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia (West Java) Lopha folium (179626)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) D. sp. (136122)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Lopha frons (145333)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Lopha frons (93145)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (195407)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) D. sp. (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic D. haitensis (74915)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Ostrea folioides (60106) Ostrea folium, Ostrea folioides (60110)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Aruba Ostrea frons (209167 209168)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Curaçao Ostrea frons (209179 209180 209181 209183 209187)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic D. haitensis (75041 75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. guppyi (74933 74966 75039) D. haitensis (74967 74971 75036) D. sp. (75037 75038)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (96541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Ostrea crenulifera (77398)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Ostrea vespertina (41541 41553 41569)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Ostrea vespertina (43840 43841 43842 43845 43846 43847 43946 44027 44029 44030 44035 44036 44038 44040 44042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) D. vespertina (96550 96554) Ostrea veatchii (120822) Ostrea vespertina (96539 96542 96543 96545 96546 96547 211317 220186)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. guppyi (74968) D. sp. (74965 74970)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) D. sp. (79777 79982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Sonora) Ostrea vespertina (96564)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Ostrea vespertina (96588 97124 97125 97126 97127 97129 97130)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti Ostrea folioides (66814)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (96908 96909 122281 194664 220191 220193 237374 237375 237376 237377 237378 237380 237381 237385 237387 237388 237391)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Ostrea folium (84520 84521 84523 84533 84544)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) D. vespertina (214256 214257 214258 214259 214260 214261 214264 214265 214266 214267)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (19676 19677 19678)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela D. vespertina (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Colombia (La Guajira) D. democraciana (136994 157271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (237593 238418 238434 238435 238436 238437 238455 238458 238606 238610 238611 238613)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Lopha folium (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica D. folioides (69094) D. folioides, D. guppyi (69090) Lopha folioides (69093) Ostrea folioides (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) D. sp. (79803)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (189541 189542 189549 189550)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) D. sp. (79774)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) D. vespertina (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (238614)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) D. vespertina (214278 214280 214284 214285 214286 214287) Ostrea vespertina (189555 189556 189557 189558 189560 189561 189761 189762 189765 207660 207661 207662 207663 207664 207666 207667 207702 207707 207712 207720 207762)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan Ostrea folium (96336)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Ostrea frons (66775)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela D. chiriuarana (131267)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Ostrea folium (77905)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Ostrea folium (60880 66817)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Ostrea crenulifera (55373)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa D. folium (173265)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) D. sp. (79845)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas D. frons (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Western Australia) D. folium (63354)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) D. folium (63351 63355)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (240617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia D. sandvichensis (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands D. frons (80837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas D. frons (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Ostrea crenulifera (96790)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Ostrea crenulifera (96943 96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas D. frons (80680)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Guangdong) Ostrea crenulifera (97527)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ostrea frons (97607 97609)