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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).

Subtaxa
G. gigantica, G. trigonalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. mackayi

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(Fërussac 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Burdigalian or 61.60000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) G. sylvaerupis (205427)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) G. sylvaerupis (80776 80785)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Pycnodonte gigantica (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Turkey Ostrea gigantea (40793)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Ostrea trigonalis (41823 41922 41923 41926 41928 41929 41941 41979)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) G. trigonalis (3532 3533)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) G. trigonalis (5366) Ostrea trigonalis (5436 5437 41822)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Ostrea gigantea (42636 42639 42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand G. mackayi (64730 64731 64738)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) G. trigonalis (3534)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) G. trigonalis (3503 3504 3505) Ostrea trigonalis (133042)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Turkey Ostrea gigantea (40794)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Pycnodonte gigantea (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Ostrea gigantica (3494)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand G. n. sp. cf. mackayi (67839)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Gryphaea gigantica (85445 102350)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) G. trigonalis (5363)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) Ostrea gigantica (102406)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Ostrea trigonalis (45635)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) G. trigonalis (3572)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria Gryphaea gigantica (102289 103757)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Pycnodonte gigantea (78565) Pycnodonte gigantica (81043)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Pycnodonte gigantica (10963)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) G. trigonalis (3541 3542 3545 3548 3557)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Gryphaea gigantica (101969 101970 102026)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Ostrea gigantea (42640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Ostrea trigonalis (92433 92434)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Ostrea trigonalis (208935)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Turkey Pycnodonte gigantica (111672)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Ostrea trigonalis (45500)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) Gryphaea gigantica (102286 102287)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) Ostrea gigantica (103965)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) Pycnodonte gigantica (85566)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria (Upper Austria) Pycnodonte gigantica (55237)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Israel Ostrea gigantica (99564)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Ostrea gigantea (8211)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Ostrea trigonalis (42379 42424 42425 42426)