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Acutostrea incurva

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea incurva was named by Nilsson (1827).

It was recombined as Acutostrea incurva by Malchus (1990), Cooper (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. idrianensis, A. krinkensis, A. lingularis, A. lunata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Ostrea acutirostris Nilsson
1827Ostrea curvirostris Nilsson
1827Ostrea incurva Nilsson
1869Ostrea scaniensis Coquand
1891Ostrea acutirostris Böhm p. 92 figs. Pl 4, fig 11
1891Ostrea curvirostris Böhm p. 92
1961Liostrea acutirostris Bobkova
1990Acutostrea incurva Malchus
2002Acutostrea incurva Cooper p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCrassostreinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
tribeCrassostreiniScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusAcutostreaVyalov 1936
speciesincurva(Nilsson 1827)

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.

†Acutostrea incurva Nilsson 1827
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Invalid names: Ostrea acutirostris Nilsson 1827 [synonym], Ostrea curvirostris Nilsson 1827 [synonym], Ostrea scaniensis Coquand 1869 [synonym]
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Ostrea incurva (66734)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Afghanistan Liostrea acutirostris (186344)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland Acutostrea incurva (28084)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Poland Acutostrea incurva (28446)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Afghanistan Liostrea acutirostris (186345)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) Ostrea scaniensis (3589 3591 3593 3594)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Ostrea curvirostris (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Acutostrea incurva (28077)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Acutostrea incurva (27822 28082)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Kazakhstan Acutostrea incurva (1343)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan Acutostrea incurva (1350)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) Acutostrea incurva (1384)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Libya Acutostrea incurva (1370)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt Acutostrea incurva (1363 128401)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Acutostrea incurva (1326)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Acutostrea incurva (1321)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Acutostrea incurva (1342)