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Kulunostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Kulunostrea was named by Wei (1984).

It was synonymized subjectively with Flemingostrea by Fang et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Ostreidae by Wei (1984).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Kulunostrea Wei

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusKulunostreaWei 1984

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.

G. †Kulunostrea Wei 1984
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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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Xingjiang) K. yengisarica (200908)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9China Flemingostrea yengisarica (111538 111539)