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Cubitostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Cubitostrea was named by Sacco (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. Its type is Ostrea cubitus.

It was reranked as Ostrea (Cubitostrea) by Sacco (1897); it was reranked as Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) by Glibert and van de Poel (1965).

It was assigned to Ostrea by Sacco (1897); to Crassostrea by Glibert and van de Poel (1965); to Ostreinae by Vokes (1980), Squires and Demetrion (1990), Beu et al. (1990) and Perrilliat (1994); to Ostreidae by Marwick (1960), Woodring (1982), Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Wienrich (1999); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Turkostreini by Griffin et al. (2005); and to Crassostreini by Squires (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cubitostrea Sacco
1897Ostrea (Cubitostrea) Sacco p. 1
1960Cubitostrea Marwick p. 12
1965Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) Glibert and van de Poel p. 64
1980Cubitostrea Vokes p. 65
1982Cubitostrea Woodring p. 613
1990Cubitostrea Beu et al. p. 396
1990Cubitostrea Squires and Demetrion p. 388
1992Cubitostrea Squires and Demetrion p. 39
1994Cubitostrea Perrilliat p. 237
1999Cubitostrea Wienrich p. 224
2002Cubitostrea Sepkoski
2005Cubitostrea Griffin et al.
2018Cubitostrea Squires p. 13

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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
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897

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. †Cubitostrea Sacco 1897
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Cubitostrea alvarezii d'Orbigny 1842
Cubitostrea ameghinoi Ihering 1907
Cubitostrea californiana Squires 2018
Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830
Cubitostrea dubertreti Roman 1940
Cubitostrea elegans Deshayes 1832
Cubitostrea flabellula Lamarck 1806
Cubitostrea gudexi Suter 1917
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919
Cubitostrea mezquitalensis Squires and Demetrion 1990
Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832
Cubitostrea petropolitana Stenzel and J. T. 1957
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Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) petropolitana Stenzel and J. T. 1957
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766
Cubitostrea primordialis Griffin et al. 2005
Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832
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Invalid names: Ostrea thomasii Conrad 1867 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Angulata to the top of the Holocene or 201.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (401 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Ostrea multicostata (53947)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Dominican Republic Ostrea ameghinoi (65128)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Sweden (Halland) Ostrea digitata (38722)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp. (206970)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) C. ameghinoi (220769)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (La Pampa) C. ameghinoi (220763 220764)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Río Negro) C. ameghinoi (220766)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Mendoza) C. primordialis (105864)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Mali Ostrea multicostata (115411)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Mali Ostrea multicostata (209395)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland C. digitalina (51687)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Moldova Ostrea digitalina (78644 78650 78666)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia C. sp. (145966)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Ostrea alvarezii (13626)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Ostrea digitalina (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Ostrea digitalina (77133 77134)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran Ostrea digitata (79065)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina Ostrea alvarezii (13092)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Ostrea karikalensis (77658)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela C. rugifera (131223)