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Gryphaeinae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphaeinae was named by Vialov (1936) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9238].

It was assigned to Gryphaeidae by Vokes (1980), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Gryphaeinae Vialov
1980Gryphaeinae Vokes p. 62
2010Gryphaeinae Bouchet et al.
2011Gryphaeinae Carter et al. p. 8

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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
subfamilyGryphaeinaeVialov 1936
subfamilyGryphaeinaeVialov 1936

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.

Subfm. †Gryphaeinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Africogryphaea Freneix 1963
G. †Deltoideum Rollier 1917
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Subg. †Deltoideum (Deltoideum) Rollier 1917
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Invalid names: Liostrea cucurbita Zakharov 1966 [synonym], Liostrea gibberosa Zakharov 1974 [synonym], Liostrea moreana Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea oxfordiana Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea planoconvexa Zakharov 1974 [synonym], Liostrea quadrangularis Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea unciformis Pugaczewska 1971 [synonym], Liostrea uralensis Zakharov 1972 [synonym], Ostrea (Liostrea) delta Arkell 1932 [synonym], Ostrea deltoidea Sowerby 1818 [synonym], Ostrea expansa Sowerby 1821 [synonym], Ostrea hemideltoidea Gerasimov 1955 [synonym], Ostrea unciformis Buvignier 1852 [synonym]
G. †Gryphaea Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Gryphaea (Africogryphaea) Stenzel 1971
Subg. †Gryphaea (Gryphaea) Vialov 1936
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Gryphaea accipiter Anderson 1958
Gryphaea arcta Braun 1841
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801
Gryphaea arcuataeformis Kiparisova 1936
Gryphaea avicularis Münster 1841
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925
Gryphaea bilobata Sowerby 1835
Gryphaea brongniarti Bronn 1831
Gryphaea colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Ostrea gronlandica Lundgren 1895 [synonym]
Gryphaea distorta Anderson 1958
Gryphaea eversa Mellville 1843
Gryphaea gigantea Sowerby 1823
Gryphaea keilhaui Boehm 1903
Gryphaea kenkerensis Bychkov and Nechitailenko 1985
Gryphaea mccullochi Sowerby 1826
Gryphaea mutabilis Morton 1828
Gryphaea navia Gabb 1861
Gryphaea nevadensis McRoberts 1992
Gryphaea obliquata Sowerby 1815
Gryphaea orientalis Forbes 1846
Gryphaea pitcherii Morton 1834
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876
Gryphaea plicata Lamarck 1819
Gryphaea stomatoidea Forbes 1846
Gryphaea wardi Hill and Vaughan 1898
Invalid names: Liogryphaea Fischer 1886 [synonym]
G. †Liostrea Douvillé 1904
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Liostrea arabica Stefanini 1925
Liostrea birmanica Reed 1936
Liostrea bourguignati Coquand 1869
Liostrea cellae de Stefani 1913
Liostrea gauthieri Thomas and Peron 1890
Liostrea heinzi Peron and Thomas 1891
Liostrea jaxartensis Zaprudskaya 1953
Liostrea lehmanni Romanowsky 1884
Liostrea michailowskii Borneman 1960
Liostrea minor Bobkova 1961
Liostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837
Liostrea newelli Newton et al. 1987
Liostrea prima Romanowsky 1890
Liostrea roachensis Fourtau 1917
Liostrea strigilecula White 1877
Liostrea sublamellosa Dunker 1846
Liostrea tibetica Yin and McRoberts 2006
G. †Pernostrea Munier-Chalmas 1864
G. †Praeexogyra Charles 1952
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Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Liostrea) dubiensis Contejean 1935 [synonym], Ostrea exogyroides Roemer 1835 [synonym]
Praeexogyra monsbeliardensis Contejean 1859
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, Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 242.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (1720 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0USA (Nevada) Liostrea sp. (230958)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Sichuan) Liostrea sp. (25401)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Gryphaea skuld (212096 212181 212198) Gryphaea skuld, Gryphaea sp., Gryphaea keilhaui (212183)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0USA (Nevada) Liostrea jungi (42552)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Cassianella avicularis (201956)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Liostrea shiraiwensis (39205)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany Gryphaea sp. (34416)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (British Columbia) Gryphaea arcuataeformis (69496)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Gryphaea arcuataeformis, Gryphaea keilhaui (69491)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Chile Gryphaea sp. (29509)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Bulgaria Gryphaea rarilamella (103966)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Bulgaria (Varna) Gryphaea rarilamella (102357) Gryphaea rarilamella, Gryphaea pharaonum (102285)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Liostrea nordicus (50078)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Bulgaria (Veliko Tarnovo) Gryphaea pharaonum (102367)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya Gryphaea arabica, Gryphaea exogyroides (42125) Gryphaea pharaonum (42123) Ostrea exogyroides (42138)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Liostrea resupinata (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Gryphaea gumbeli (97545)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Romania Gryphae brongniarti (101813 101879) Gryphaea eszterhazyi (101814 101821 101878) Gryphaea eszterhazyi, Gryphaea brongniarti (101958) Gryphaea rarilamella (101883 101890 101893)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Libya Ostrea exogyroides (77237)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Gryphaea colombiana (3315)