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Gigantostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea (Gigantostrea) was named by Sacco (1897).

It was reranked as Gigantostrea by Vokes (1980).

It was assigned to Ostrea by Sacco (1897); and to Pycnodonteinae by Vokes (1980).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Ostrea (Gigantostrea) Sacco
1980Gigantostrea Vokes p. 64

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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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusGigantostrea(Sacco 1897)

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.

G. †Gigantostrea Sacco 1897
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Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766
Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available