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Taxonomy
Saccostrea was named by Dolfuss and Dautzenberg (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Ostreinae by Vokes (1980); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ostreidae by Todd (2001), Spencer et al. (2004); and to Crassostreinae by Moore (1987), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Lam and Morton (2009).
It was assigned to Ostreinae by Vokes (1980); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ostreidae by Todd (2001), Spencer et al. (2004); and to Crassostreinae by Moore (1987), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Lam and Morton (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Saccostrea Dolfuss and Dautzenberg |
| 1980 | Saccostrea Vokes p. 66 |
| 1987 | Saccostrea Moore pp. 30, 32 |
| 1998 | Saccostrea Lamprell and Healy p. 134 |
| 2001 | Saccostrea Todd |
| 2002 | Saccostrea Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Saccostrea Spencer et al. |
| 2009 | Saccostrea Lam and Morton p. 482 |
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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. Saccostrea Dolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920
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Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778
Saccostrea glomerata Gould 1850 [Commercial Rock Oyster]
Saccostrea mordax Gould 1850
Saccostrea palmula Carpenter 1857 [mangrove oyster]
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Invalid names: Ostrea amara Carpenter 1857 [synonym], Ostrea mexicana Sowerby 1871 [synonym], Ostrea tubulifera Dall 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | S. sp. (8124) | |
| Langhian | Japan | S. sp. (44958) | |
| Middle Miocene | Fiji | Ostrea cucullata (68178) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | Ostrea glomerata (71656) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Egypt | S. cucullata (96758) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | S. palmula (135043) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Pakistan | Ostrea cucullata (77445) | |
| Pliocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Ostrea mexicana (43680) Ostrea palmula (43687) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Ostrea glomerata (70088) | |
| Pliocene | Ecuador | Ostrea palmula (96595) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Philippines (Panay) | Ostrea glomerata (41664) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt (Al Buhayrah) | Ostrea cucullata (42119) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt ( Al Bahr al Ahmar) | Ostrea cucullata (42120) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary | Spain | S. cuccullata (147805) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | Gryphaea cucullata (50523) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt | Ostrea cucullata (101634) | |
| Pleistocene | Sudan | Ostrea cucullata (101414) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Ostrea cucullata (101548 101549 122943 122944) | |
| Pleistocene | Mozambique | Ostrea cucullata (122947) | |
| Calabrian | South Africa | S. cucullata (173265) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | S. cucullata (128384) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Iran | S. cuccullata (164152) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | S. sp. (80718) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Sonora) | Ostrea palmula (96557 96559 96561 96562) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Ostrea palmula (89597) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Ostrea palmula (59063) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Ostrea palmula (147802) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | S. cuccallata (201440) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Ostrea palmula (96864) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | S. cuccullata (63317 63320 96708) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Panama (Panama) | S. palmula (160394 160395) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Ostrea palmula (97640) | |
| Holocene | Hong Kong | S. cucullata (35033) | |
| Holocene | Mayotte | S. sp. (209862) | |
| Holocene | Thailand | S. cucullata (67930) |