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Oscillopha

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Oscillopha Malchus
2006Oscillopha El Qot p. 56
2010Oscillopha Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOscillophaMalchus 1990

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. †Oscillopha Malchus 1990
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†Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849
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Invalid names: Alectryonia dichotoma Bayle 1912 [synonym], Alectryonia semiplana Sowerby 1825 [synonym], Lopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 [synonym], Ostrea acanthonata Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea armata Goldfuss 1866 [synonym], Ostrea sollieri Coquand 1869 [synonym]
†Oscillopha figari Fourtau 1904
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: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 106.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Ecuador O. syphax (61911)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Algeria O. syphax (185642)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Morocco O. syphax (185608)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ecuador O. syphax (56769 61910)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Peru O. syphax (62025)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco O. syphax (185609)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy O. syphax (185661)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tunisia (Sidi Bou Zid) O. syphax (108971)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Afghanistan Lopha dichotoma (186338)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Peru O. syphax (61996)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria O. syphax (185654 185655)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Peru O. syphax (61917 61918)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Afghanistan Lopha dichotoma (186341)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Afghanistan Lopha dichotoma (186340)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Algeria O. dichotoma (185640)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Afghanistan Lopha dichotoma (186342)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Tunisia O. dichotoma (185650)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Egypt O. dichotoma (185810)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt O. dichotoma (114826 114908)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Congo-Brazzaville Alectryonia semiplana (209620)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Angola O. dichotoma (210904)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Algeria O. dichotoma (185644)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Tunisia O. dichotoma (185651)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Algeria O. dichotoma (185645)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Tunisia O. dichotoma (185652)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Hungary Lopha dichotoma (74809)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Oman O. figari (161069)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Saudi Arabia O. sp. (184845)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Libya O. dichotoma (185660)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar O. dichotoma (1322)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Somalia O. dichotoma (1399)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Saudi Arabia O. dichotoma (1335)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt O. figari (185809) O. figari, O. dichotoma (1363)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand O. sp. (1341)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia O. dichotoma (1365)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman O. dichotoma (1381)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico O. semiarmata, O. arzipensis (1356) O. sp. (1372)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) O. hermanii (1371)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran O. dichotoma (1383)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Libya O. dichotoma (1370)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan O. sp. (1350)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0North Atlantic O. arzipensis (1374)