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Taxonomy
Ostrea equestris was named by Say (1834) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Ostrea (Alectryonia) equestris by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Ostreola equestris by Clavijo et al. (2005).
It was recombined as Ostrea (Alectryonia) equestris by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Ostreola equestris by Clavijo et al. (2005).
Subspecies
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. 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. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1834 | Ostrea equestris Say |
1969 | Ostrea (Alectryonia) equestris da Silva Forti p. 75 |
1982 | Ostrea equestris Woodring p. 612 |
2005 | Ostreola equestris Clavijo et al. p. 394 |
2016 | Ostrea equestris Raith et al. p. 269 figs. Fig. 3 |
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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 equestris Say 1834
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†Ostrea equestris heothina Woodring 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available