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Gryphaea costellata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Liogryphaea costellata was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Callovian), which is in a Callovian marine horizon in Egypt.

It was recombined as Gryphaea costellata by Cox (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Liogryphaea costellata Douville
1916Liogryphaea costellata Douvillé p. 58 figs. Pl. 6, Fig. 10-12
1935Gryphaea costellata Cox

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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
subfamilyGryphaeinaeVialov 1936
genusGryphaeaLamarck 1801
speciescostellata()

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.

†Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
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