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Umbrostrea spondyloides

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Enantiostreon spondyloides was named by Schlotheim (1823).

It was recombined as Umbrostrea spondyloides by Márquez-Aliaga et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Enantiostreon spondyloides Schlotheim
1945Enantiostreon spondyloides Awad
2005Umbrostrea spondyloides Márquez-Aliaga et al.

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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
genusUmbrostreaHautmann 2001
speciesspondyloides(Schlotheim 1823)

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.

Umbrostrea spondyloides Schlotheim 1823
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 09:19:10
Modified: 2007-09-26 11:19:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Hessen) Enantiostreon spondyloides (38545 44357)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Egypt (Shamal Sina) Enantiostreon spondyloides (206058)