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Dendostrea folium (foliate oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea folium was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Indonesia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea (Lopha) folium by Oostingh (1935); it was recombined as Ostrea (Alectryonia) folium by Abrard (1946); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) folium by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Dendostrea folium by Lam and Morton (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea folium Linnaeus
1928Ostrea folium Vredenburg p. 429
1935Ostrea (Lopha) folium Oostingh p. 148
1946Ostrea (Alectryonia) folium Abrard p. 99
1958Ostrea folium Azzaroli p. 109
1994Lopha (Lopha) folium Skwarko p. g9
2009Dendostrea folium Lam and Morton p. 488

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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(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusDendostreaSwainson 1835
speciesfolium(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 [foliate oyster]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available