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Nicaisolopha tissoti

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy

Ostrea tissoti was named by Peron and Thomas (1891).

It was recombined as Lopha tissoti by Bandel (1987); it was recombined as Nicaisolopha tissoti by Malchus (1990).

Synonyms

Ostrea forgemolli was named by Coquand (1862).

It was recombined as Lopha forgemolli by Abbass (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Nicaisolopha tissoti by Malchus (1990).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Ostrea forgemolli Coquand
1869	Ostrea forgemolli Coquand
1891	Ostrea tissoti Peron and Thomas
1955	Ostrea forgemolli Reyment p. 135 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1962	Lopha forgemolli Abbass
1987	Lopha tissoti Bandel
1990	Nicaisolopha tissoti Malchus

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Ostreidina	(Ferussac 1822)
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Ostreidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Nicaisolopha	Vyalov 1936
species	tissoti	(Peron and Thomas 1891)

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.

†Nicaisolopha tissoti Peron and Thomas 1891

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Invalid names: Ostrea forgemolli Coquand 1862 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	Ostrea forgemolli (209697)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Algeria	Nicaisolopha tissoti (185640)
Late/Upper Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Egypt	Nicaisolopha tissoti (185827)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Egypt	Nicaisolopha tissoti (114806)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Algeria	Nicaisolopha tissoti (185644)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Tunisia	Nicaisolopha tissoti (185651)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Algeria	Nicaisolopha tissoti (185645)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Tunisia	Nicaisolopha tissoti (185652)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Egypt	Nicaisolopha tissoti (114807)