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Cubitostrea rugifera

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea sellaeformis rugifera was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida, Panama.]. Its type specimen is USNM 114570, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ostrea rugifera by Gardner (1926), Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Cubitostrea rugifera by Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1994), Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Ostrea sellaeformis rugifera Dall p. 678
1926Ostrea rugifera Gardner p. 41 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1, 2
1947Ostrea rugifera Gardner p. 41
1982Cubitostrea rugifera Woodring p. 613
1994Cubitostrea rugifera Perrilliat p. 237
2008Cubitostrea rugifera Hendy et al.

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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
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897
speciesrugifera(Dall 1898)

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.

Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898
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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: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Cubitostrea rugifera (93675 93694)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Ostrea rugifera (60985 61129)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Cubitostrea rugifera (93039)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) Cubitostrea rugifera (79773 79776)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico Cubitostrea rugifera (93673 93674)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Cubitostrea rugifera (68971) Ostrea rugifera (41760 42250 42271 42290 42328 42365 42367 42422 42424 42443)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Veracruz) Cubitostrea rugifera (91582 91583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Cubitostrea rugifera (131223)