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Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea vicksburgensis was named by Conrad (1848) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6783; DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Alectryonia vicksburgensis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Alectryonella vicksburgensis by May (1974); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis by Dockery (1980) and Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ostrea vicksburgensis Conrad p. 296
1919Ostrea vicksburgensis Harris p. 14
1940Ostrea vicksburgensis Mansfield p. 186
1965Alectryonia vicksburgensis Palmer and Brann p. 25
1974Alectryonella vicksburgensis May p. 54
1980Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Dockery p. 163
1982Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Dockery p. 53
2002Ostrea vicksburgensis Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLophinaeVialov 1936
genusLophaRöding 1798
subgenusLophaRöding 1798
speciesvicksburgensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available