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Acutostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Acutostrea Vyalov
1980Acutostrea Vokes p. 65
1983Acutostrea Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 90
1987Acutostrea Moore p. 30
1999Acutostrea Squires p. 18
2002Acutostrea Cooper p. 39
2002Acutostrea Sepkoski
2018Acutostrea Squires p. 4

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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
subfamilyCrassostreinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
tribeCrassostreiniScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusAcutostreaVyalov 1936

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.

G. †Acutostrea Vyalov 1936
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†Acutostrea gaviota Squires 2018
†Acutostrea griesensis Effinger 1938
†Acutostrea idriaensis Gabb 1869
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Invalid names: Ostrea columbiana Weaver and Palmer 1922 [synonym], Ostrea oregonensis Packard 1923 [synonym]
†Acutostrea incurva Nilsson 1827
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Invalid names: Ostrea acutirostris Nilsson 1827 [synonym], Ostrea curvirostris Nilsson 1827 [synonym], Ostrea scaniensis Coquand 1869 [synonym]
†Acutostrea miguelensis Hertlein 1928
†Acutostrea orientalis Douvillé 1929
†Acutostrea simiensis Zinsmeister 1983
†Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Chattian or 99.60000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (179 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Ostrea incurva (66734)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) A. lingularis (65422)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) A. plumosa (7613) Ostrea plumosa (87677 123474)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Afghanistan Liostrea acutirostris (186344)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) Ostrea plumosa (1678)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Kazakhstan (Kustanai) A. sp. (186855)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Ostrea plumosa (48725)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Ostrea plumosa (6656 6664)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) A. plumosa (6170 6171 6174 6176)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Ostrea plumosa (88562)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland A. lunata, A. incurva (28084)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Ostrea plumosa (88357)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Ostrea plumosa (6662 6663)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Poland A. incurva (28446)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman A. sp. (67454)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. plumosa (1303 1304 1305 1391 7607)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt A. incurva (1363 128401)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) A. plumosa (1302) Ostrea plumosa (4390)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. plumosa (1309)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya A. incurva (1370)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) A. incurva (1384)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Ukraine A. krinkensis (1334)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Germany A. incurva (1342)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Turkmenistan A. incurva (1350)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) A. plumosa (1296 1298 1300 1301 1392 1394 7480 7483 7569) Ostrea plumosa (4626 4628 4633)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) A. plumosa (1348)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) A. sp. (47112 47113 47114 47115 178660)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Netherlands A. incurva (1326)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) A. plumosa (1311)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Belgium A. sp. (1324)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. plumosa (1313)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Poland A. incurva (1321)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Kazakhstan A. incurva (1343)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) A. plumosa (1310)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Ostrea plumosa (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Ostrea curvirostris (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland A. incurva (28077)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ostrea plumosa (4110)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Afghanistan Liostrea acutirostris (186345)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) Ostrea scaniensis (3589 3591 3593 3594)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Kazakhstan (Kustanai) A. sp. (186858)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Ostrea plumosa (4377)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ostrea plumosa (4173 4174 4177 4178 4182 4189 4191 4193 4198 4205 4215 4224 4225 83225)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) A. plumosa (7614 7615 7618 7628 7629 7630) Ostrea plumosa (4363 190580 190582)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ostrea plumosa (4122 4124 4125 4126 4127 4136 4137 4138 4141 4160 4164 4167 4172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Ostrea plumosa (4413 4462 4536 4558 4632 5558 5565 5568)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland A. incurva (27822 28082)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Ostrea plumosa (4366 4371 4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands A. sp. (3123)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands A. sp. (3122)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Ostrea idriaensis (193036) Ostrea simiensis (205394)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (California) A. idriaensis (199849 199850 199851)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Ostrea idriaensis (52304)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Ostrea idriaensis (37872)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) A. idriaensis (16712 210283 210285 210286 210287 210289 210290 210292) Ostrea idriaensis (8012 8013 8015 51922 166460 200658 200659 200660 200729 200730 200731 200733 200734 200735 200757 200854 201258 201694 202094 204961)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Ostrea idriaensis (52804)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) A. idriaensis (52204 52208) A. idrianensis (203164) Ostrea columbiana (200105 201099 201121 201128 201129 201131) Ostrea idriaensis, Ostrea fettkei (207129)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Ostrea griesensis, A. griesensis (40733) Ostrea idriaensis (91607 202067)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) A. gaviota (205786) Ostrea sp. (205787)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Ostrea lincolnensis (4900)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Ostrea griesensis (208138 208143)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Ostrea miguelensis (52417)