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Gryphaeostrea kochiensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphaeostrea kochiensis was named by Tashiro and Kozai (1982). Its type specimen is KSG 3056, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. M-03 - River Kajisako [Kajisako Fm], which is in a Turonian/Turonian coastal sandstone in the Kajisako Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. elderi, G. nationsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Gryphaeostrea kochiensis Tashiro and Kozai p. 78 figs. pl. 14, figs. 1-2, 22-23

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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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyGryphaeostreinaeStenzel 1971
genusGryphaeostreaConrad 1865
specieskochiensis

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.

†Gryphaeostrea kochiensis Tashiro and Kozai 1982
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Diagnosis
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