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Gryphaea (Bilobissa)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Bilobissa was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Gryphaea (Bilobissa) by Gahr (2002).

It was assigned to Gryphaea by Gahr (2002); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Gryphaea (Bilobissa) Gahr
2002Bilobissa Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyGryphaeinaeVialov 1936
genusGryphaeaLamarck 1801
subgenusBilobissa

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height214.512.317.114.73.39

Composition: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:23:24
Modified: 2005-01-28 04:23:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 199.50000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (182 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile Gryphaea latior (33969 34055) Gryphaea latior, Gryphaea tricarinata (95099 95551) Gryphaea tricarinata (32413 58439 95071 95424 95546)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Chile Gryphaea latior, Gryphaea tricarinata (95102)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Gryphaea latior (33654 33655 33657 33658 33660 33662 33663 33666 35433 35435 35436 35455 35456)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Gryphaea sublobata (211279 211285 211293 211295 211296 211297 211861 211864 211872 211873 211874 211875 212055 212059 212060 212061 212062 212063 212064 212065 212066 212067 212068 212069 212070 212190 212205 212218 212226)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Gryphaea sublobata (25211 25212 25213 25214 25215 25216 25217 25218 25609 25610 25674 25774 25936 25937 25938 26137 26138 26139 26140 26141 26142 26143 26144 26145 26146 26147 26148 26149 26150 26156 26324 26325 26326 26328 26329 26330 26332 26334 26335 26336 26382 26383 26384 26385 26386 26387 26388 26389 26390 26391) Gryphaea suublobata (25608)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Teruel) Gryphaea sublobata (211066 211067 211068 211168 211169 211170 211171 211172 211173 211174 211175 211176 211194 211202 211203 211214 211215)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Gryphaea sublobata (51613)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Chile Gryphaea latior (34120 35445 35447 35448)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile Gryphaea latior (33875 33876 33877 33878 33879 33880 35446 35449 35450 35453)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9Chile Gryphaea latior (35454)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Gryphaea sublobata (204100 204101)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Bilobissa sublobata (48405 48484)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India Gryphaea alimena (67669)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) Gryphaea alimena (93561)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Gryphaea alimena (61795 61873 61880 63075 63079 63080 67622 67623 68556 68596)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Bilobissa bilobata (48593) Bilobissa sublobata (47902 48564 48588 48589 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Gryphaea alimena (61793 61816 63062 63063 63066 63070 63074 68282 68285 68384)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Gryphaea alimena (67626 68291)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India Gryphaea rathodi (68644)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Gryphaea dilatata (5936)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Normandy) Gryphaea dilatata (5245)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Bilobissa sublobata (46296) Gryphaea sublobata (46313)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Gryphaea alimena (60387)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) Gryphaea ermontiana (185665)