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Gyrostrea lingua

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea lingua was named by Sowerby (1840) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Indonesia, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ostrea (Ostrea) lingua by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Gyrostrea lingua by Casadio (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. deletrei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ostrea lingua Sowerby figs. pl. 25, fig. 20
1928Ostrea lingua Vredenburg p. 428
1994Ostrea (Ostrea) lingua Skwarko p. g4
1998Gyrostrea lingua Casadio p. 451

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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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyGryphaeostreinaeStenzel 1971
genusGyrostreaMirkamalov 1963
specieslingua(Sowerby 1840)

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.

†Gyrostrea lingua Sowerby 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 72.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (La Pampa) Gyrostrea lingua (106089 106091)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Gyrostrea lingua (66649)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Ostrea lingua (77162 77169 77170 77171 77400)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Ostrea lingua (63040)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia (West Java) Ostrea lingua (179626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Ostrea lingua (70100)