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Ostrea (Catinula)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy

Ostrea (Catinula) was named by Rollier (1911).

It was assigned to Ostrea by Rollier (1911).

Subtaxa

Ostrea (Catinula) ancliffensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

Ostrea agnevoensis, Ostrea ajatensis, Ostrea arkotensis, Ostrea boriesi, Ostrea boussaci, Ostrea bryani, Ostrea chillyensis, Ostrea cimana, Ostrea cunabula, Ostrea densata, Ostrea denselamellosa, Ostrea duvergieri, Ostrea elhuyari, Ostrea eothirsae, Ostrea equatoralis, Ostrea equatorialis, Ostrea erina, Ostrea esutoruensis, Ostrea fimbriata, Ostrea guaranitica, Ostrea idrianensis, Ostrea lapillicola, Ostrea longiuscula, Ostrea mackayi, Ostrea maradensis, Ostrea maxima, Ostrea mcnairyensis, Ostrea mesentrica, Ostrea mitsuiana, Ostrea palaemon, Ostrea pauciplicata, Ostrea penegemmea, Ostrea perirregularis, Ostrea petrosal, Ostrea restinensis, Ostrea rouardti, Ostrea rouaulti, Ostrea rudicula, Ostrea sakaryensis, Ostrea sallomacensis, Ostrea selleformis, Ostrea sicardi, Ostrea sinuosa, Ostrea sloani, Ostrea sublingua, Ostrea tigiliana, Ostrea trachydiscus, Ostrea virgata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1911	Ostrea (Catinula) Rollier

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Ostreidina	(Ferussac 1822)
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Ostreidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Ostrea	Linnaeus 1758
subgenus	Catinula	Rollier 1911

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.

Subg. †Ostrea (Catinula) Rollier 1911

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†Ostrea (Catinula) ancliffensis Cox and Arkell 1948

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: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	United Kingdom (Gloucestershire)	Ostrea sp. (204099)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Ostrea ancliffensis (96182 96187)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Picardie)	Ostrea ancliffensis (96147 96150)