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Phygraea haleyi

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea haleyi was named by Hertlein (1933). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ostrea idriaensis by Vokes (1935); it was recombined as Odontogryphaea haleyi by Squires and Advocate (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Acutostrea idriaensis by Moore (1987); it was recombined as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) haleyi by Squires and Demetrion (1990); it was recombined as Phygraea haleyi by Squires (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Ostrea haleyi Hertlein pp. 277-281 figs. pl. 18, figs. 5, 6
1986Odontogryphaea haleyi Squires and Advocate pp. 851, 852
1987Ostrea haleyi Squires p. 58 fig. 97
1990Pycnodonte (Phygraea) haleyi Squires and Demetrion p. 386
2018Phygraea haleyi Squires p. 16 figs. Figures 137 – 149

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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
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusPhygraea(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
specieshaleyi()

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.

Phygraea haleyi Hertlein 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:10:00
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:10:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Phygraea haleyi (221983)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Odontogryphaea haleyi (177611) Ostrea haleyi (178750 178752 194164)