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Alectryonia ludoviciana

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea vicksburgensis ludoviciana was named by Harris (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Alectryonia ludoviciana by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. carinata, A. rhodani, Ostrea boriesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Ostrea vicksburgensis ludoviciana Harris p. 14 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1-10
1965Alectryonia ludoviciana Palmer and Brann p. 27

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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)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAlectryoniaLinnaeus 1758
speciesludoviciana(Harris 1919)

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.

†Alectryonia ludoviciana Harris 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Alectryonia ludoviciana (5342) Lopha ludoviciana (32901 52344)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Alectryonia ludoviciana (81242 81256)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Alectryonia ludoviciana (5344 5345 5353)