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Striostrea bourgeoisii

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea bourgeoisii was named by Rémond (1863) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; California.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Striostrea bourgeoisii by Moore (1987).

Subspecies
S. perrini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ostrea bourgeoisii Rémond p. 13
1866Ostrea bourgeoisii Gabb p. 33 figs. PL 11, Fig. 57, 57 a
1915Ostrea bourgeoisii Clark pp. 447-448 figs. Plate 43
1941Ostrea bourgeoisii Eaton et al. p. 240
1951Ostrea bourgeoisii Hertlein p. 188
1987Striostrea bourgeoisii Moore p. 34

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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)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyStriostreinaeHarry 1985
genusStriostreaVyalov 1936
speciesbourgeoisii(Rémond 1863)

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.

†Striostrea bourgeoisii Rémond 1863
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†Striostrea bourgeoisii perrini Hall and Ambrose 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:09:17
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:09:17
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 33.90000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (California) Ostrea bourgeoisii (199729)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Ostrea bourgeoisii (159672)