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Hyotissa imbricata (imbricated oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea imbricata was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostraea imbricata by Sowerby (1871); it was recombined as Dendostrea imbricata by Habe (1951); it was recombined as Pretostrea imbricata by Habe and Kosuge (1967) and Tomida and Nakamura (2001); it was recombined as Parahyotissa imbricata by Harry (1985); it was recombined as Hyotissa imbricata by Lam and Morton (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Ostrea imbricata Lamarck p. 213
1871Ostraea imbricata Sowerby p. 213
1928Ostrea imbricata Vredenburg p. 426
1951Dendostrea imbricata Habe p. 93
1967Pretostrea imbricata Habe and Kosuge p. 138 figs. pl. 51, fg. 14
1985Parahyotissa imbricata Harry p. 130
2001Pretostrea imbricata Tomida and Nakamura
2009Hyotissa imbricata Lam and Morton p. 490

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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
genusHyotissaStenzel 1971
speciesimbricata(Lamarck 1819)

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.

Hyotissa imbricata Lamarck 1819 [imbricated oyster]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available