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Acutostrea idriaensis fettkei

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea fettkei was named by Weaver (1912). Its type specimen is CAS 479 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 1, Cowlitz Formation, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Acutostrea idriaensis fettkei by Moore (1987).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Ostrea fettkei Weaver p. 30 figs. Pl. 4, figs 37, 39
1987Acutostrea idriaensis fettkei Moore p. C30 figs. Plate 30, figure 5; plate 32, figures 4, 6; plate 33, figures 1-3, 8

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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
speciesidriaensis()
subspeciesfettkei()

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.

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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 Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Ostrea fettkei (241806 241815 241821)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Acutostrea idriaensis (52204) Ostrea fettkei (type locality: 139020 207129)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Ostrea fettkei (235456 241816)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Ostrea fettkei (202067)