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Gryphaea arcuata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck
2013Gryphaea arcuata Paredes et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 10

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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
speciesarcuataLamarck 1801

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.

†Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.40000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (144 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany Gryphaea arcuata (28867)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany Gryphaea arcuata (28929 28931)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gryphaea arcuata (38736)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Gryphaea arcuata (29233)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (Wales) Gryphaea arcuata (29234)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany Gryphaea arcuata (28868 28872)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5France Gryphaea arcuata (29257 29258 29261 29263)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Germany Gryphaea arcuata (28932 28933 28934)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Slovakia Gryphaea arcuata (141986)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gryphaea arcuata (38725 38726 38727 38728 38729 38730 38731 38732 38733 38734)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Gryphaea arcuata (219465)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Gryphaea arcuata (28873 28874 28875 28876 28877 28878 28880 28882 28883 28884 28885 28886 28887 28888 28889 28890 28892 28895 28896 28897)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Gryphaea arcuata (95991)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Gryphaea arcuata (29236 29238 29240 29242)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France Gryphaea arcuata (29264 29265 29266 29267 29269 29270 29273 29274 29275 29276 29277 29278 29280 29281 29283 29285 29286 29287 29288 29289 29290 29291 29293 29295 29296 29297 29298 29299 29300 29301 29302 29304 29305 29309 29310 29312 29313 29314 29315 29316 29317 29319 29320 29321 29323 29324 29325 29326 29327 29328 29330 29331 29332 29333)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Denmark Gryphaea arcuata (142067 142068)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Gryphaea arcuata (29235 29237 29239 29241)
Early/Lower Sinemurian - Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France Gryphaea arcuata (29311)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Denmark Gryphaea arcuata (142071 142072)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9Portugal Gryphaea arcuata (159033)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Gryphaea arcuata (28935 28936 28939)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy Gryphaea arcuata (173592)
Early/Lower Sinemurian - Middle Jurassic199.5 - 161.5France Gryphaea arcuata (29284 29329)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Greenland Gryphaea arcuata (161976 161977 162071 162072 162073 162076 162275)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Gryphaea arcuata (161966 161968 161969 161972 161973 161975 162056 162058 162059 162078 162080 162082 162083 162098 162110)