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Conradostrea sculpturata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea sculpturata was named by Conrad (1840) [DISTRIBUTION: Plio-Pleistocene; Florida.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ostrea (Alectryonia) sculpturata by Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata by Ward (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ostrea sculpturata Conrad p. 50 figs. pl. 25, fig. 3
1929Ostrea sculpturata Weisbord p. 12
1953Ostrea (Alectryonia) sculpturata Olsson and Harbison p. 50
1958Ostrea (Alectryonia) sculpturata DuBar p. 157
1992Conradostrea sculpturata Ward p. 78

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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
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusConradostrea
speciessculpturata(Conrad 1840)

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.

†Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840
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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 Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Ostrea sculpturata (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Ostrea sculpturata (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Conradostrea sculpturata (79248)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Ostrea sculpturata (75011 75017 75022 75023 75025)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Ostrea sculpturata (60918 60920 60931)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ostrea sculpturata (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Conradostrea sculpturata (59298 71621 78260 78262 78264 78265 78266 78267 78269 78270 78271 78272 79245 79246 79247) Ostrea sculpturata, Conradostrea sculpturata (60660)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Conradostrea sculpturata (59301 69086)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Conradostrea sculpturata (80037 80039) Ostrea sculpturata (123549)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Ostrea sculpturata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Ostrea sculpturata (60917 60921 60922 60944 92409 92410)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Ostrea sculpturata (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Ostrea sculpturata (41199 41497 41501 41718 61309 74999 75003 79331 79333)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Ostrea sculpturata (211029 211181 211182 211183)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Ostrea sculpturata (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Conradostrea sculpturata (79747) Ostrea sculpturata (61310 67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Ostrea sculpturata (60927 60930)