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Striostrea cahobasensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea cahobasensis was named by Pilsbry and Brown (1910) [MEASUREMENTS: Lectotype used.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 1308, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Crassostrea cahobasensis by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Striostrea cahobasensis by Bolton and Portell (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Ostrea cahobasensis Pilsbry and Brown p. 40 figs. pl. 6, fig. 8
1920Ostrea cahobasensis Maury p. 15
1982Crassostrea cahobasensis Woodring p. 610
2013Striostrea cahobasensis Bolton and Portell p. 75

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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
subfamilyStriostreinaeHarry 1985
genusStriostreaVyalov 1936
speciescahobasensis(Pilsbry and Brown 1910)

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.

†Striostrea cahobasensis Pilsbry and Brown 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:09:17
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:09:17
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Crassostrea cahobasensis (42557 92983)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Crassostrea cahobasensis (42608 42609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico Ostrea cahobasensis (80204 80205)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Crassostrea cahobasensis (42606 42611 42615 42621 42622 49491 49493 92988 92989)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Tamaulipas) Ostrea cahobasensis (43092 43093 43094 43095 43096)