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Gigantostrea gigantica
Taxonomy
Ostrea gigantica was named by Solander in Brander (1766) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Chama gigantea by Lowry et al. (1866); it was recombined as Ostrea (Gigantostrea) gigantica by Sacco (1897); it was recombined as Gigantostrea gigantea by Vialov (1936); it was recombined as Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) gigantica by Glibert and Van de Poel (1965); it was recombined as Pycnodonte gigantea by Glibert and van de Poel (1965); it was recombined as Pycnodonte gigantica by Glibert (1975); it was misspelled as Ostrea gigantea by Burton (1933); it was recombined as Gigantostrea gigantica by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).
It was recombined as Chama gigantea by Lowry et al. (1866); it was recombined as Ostrea (Gigantostrea) gigantica by Sacco (1897); it was recombined as Gigantostrea gigantea by Vialov (1936); it was recombined as Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) gigantica by Glibert and Van de Poel (1965); it was recombined as Pycnodonte gigantea by Glibert and van de Poel (1965); it was recombined as Pycnodonte gigantica by Glibert (1975); it was misspelled as Ostrea gigantea by Burton (1933); it was recombined as Gigantostrea gigantica by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1766 | Ostrea gigantica Solander |
| 1766 | Ostrea gigantica Solander in Brander p. 36 figs. pl. 7, fig. 88 |
| 1866 | Chama gigantea Lowry et al. |
| 1897 | Ostrea (Gigantostrea) gigantica Sacco p. 1 |
| 1933 | Ostrea gigantea Burton |
| 1936 | Gigantostrea gigantea Vialov p. 18 |
| 1965 | Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) gigantica Glibert and Van de Poel p. 68 |
| 1965 | Pycnodonte gigantea Glibert and van de Poel p. 68 |
| 1975 | Pycnodonte gigantica Glibert |
| 1995 | Gigantostrea gigantica Pacaud and Le Renard |
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†Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available