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Taxonomy
Ostrea edulis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idriaensis, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rionegrensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. skidegatensis, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Ostrea edulis Linnaeus |
| 1814 | Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi |
| 1850 | Ostrea edulis Wood p. 13 |
| 1965 | Ostrea edulis Jung p. 442 |
| 1988 | Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa Freneix et al. p. 5 |
| 2005 | Ostrea edulis Schneider et al. p. 114 |
| 2016 | Ostrea edulis Raith et al. p. 269 |
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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.
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa Brocchi 1814 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (72 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Ostrea edulis (62882) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | Ostrea edulis (178108 178110) | |
| Burdigalian | Austria | Ostrea lamellosa, Ostrea edulis (65161) | |
| Langhian | Austria | Ostrea lamellosa (146512 146524) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Ostrea edulis (61903) | |
| Middle Miocene | Poland | Ostrea lamellosa (51688) | |
| Middle Miocene | Greece (Crete) | Ostrea lamellosa (162722 162723) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia | Ostrea lamellosa (73138 73140) | |
| Serravallian | Greece | Ostrea lamellosa (72305) | |
| Serravallian | Slovakia | Ostrea edulis (89152) | |
| Tortonian | Greece | Ostrea lamellosa (72310) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Italy | Ostrea edulis (207782) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Morocco | Ostrea lamellosa (173160 173163) | |
| Messinian | Morocco | Ostrea lamellosa (70889) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Ostrea edulis (168730) Ostrea lamellosa (70417) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | Ostrea lamellosa (69864 70785 70862 70863 70884 70885 70887) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Egypt | Ostrea edulis (96758) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Greece (Rhodes) | Ostrea lamellosa (122994) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Ostrea edulis (84763 84795 84992) | |
| Zanclean | Greece | Ostrea lamellosa (72316 72317 72318) | |
| Zanclean | Portugal | Ostrea lamellosa (152330) | |
| Zanclean | Algeria | Ostrea lamellosa (168391) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Ostrea edulis (59003) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Spain | Ostrea edulis, Ostrea lamellosa (71144) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece | Ostrea lamellosa (51507 51509 51514 72415) | |
| Piacenzian | Algeria (Relizane) | Ostrea lamellosa (168387 168389 168390) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | Ostrea edulis (178117) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | Ostrea edulis (86803 86804 86805 86806) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary | Spain | Ostrea edulis, Ostrea lamellosa (147805) | |
| Gelasian | Belgium | Ostrea edulis (86807 86808) | |
| Gelasian | Greece | Ostrea lamellosa (153689) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Ostrea edulis (78312) | |
| Calabrian | Italy (Umbria) | Ostrea lamellosa (149603 200420) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Ireland | Ostrea edulis (178118) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Ostrea edulis (98196 98197 98199 98200 98201 98205 227871) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Ostrea edulis (176761) | |
| Holocene | USA (Maine) | Ostrea edulis (122450 176524) | |
| Holocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Ostrea edulis (122440 176525) |