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Ostrea stentina

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Ostrea stentina Payraudeau
1973Ostrea stentina Davies p. 761
1988Ostreola stentina Freneix et al. p. 6
2016Ostrea stentina Raith et al. p. 269 figs. Fig. 3

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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)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOstreaLinnaeus 1758
speciesstentinaPayraudeau 1826

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.

Ostrea stentina Payraudeau 1826
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.12600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Ostreola stentina (173160 173163 173164)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Ostreola stentina (69864 70785 70885)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Ostrea stentina (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Erongo) Ostrea stentina (124051)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Angola Ostrea stentina (152644)