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Gryphaea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Gryphaea Lamarck
1864Gryphaea Meek p. 42
1886Liogryphaea Fischer
1980Gryphaea Vokes p. 63
2001Liogryphaea Papier p. 372
2002Gryphaea Sepkoski
2010Gryphaea Bouchet et al.
2011Gryphaea McRoberts p. 650
2014Gryphaea Ros-Franch et al.

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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

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. †Gryphaea Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Gryphaea (Africogryphaea) Stenzel 1971
Subg. †Gryphaea (Gryphaea) Vialov 1936
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Gryphaea accipiter Anderson 1958
Gryphaea arcta Braun 1841
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801
Gryphaea arcuataeformis Kiparisova 1936
Gryphaea avicularis Münster 1841
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925
Gryphaea bilobata Sowerby 1835
Gryphaea brongniarti Bronn 1831
Gryphaea colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Ostrea gronlandica Lundgren 1895 [synonym]
Gryphaea distorta Anderson 1958
Gryphaea eversa Mellville 1843
Gryphaea gigantea Sowerby 1823
Gryphaea keilhaui Boehm 1903
Gryphaea kenkerensis Bychkov and Nechitailenko 1985
Gryphaea mccullochi Sowerby 1826
Gryphaea mucronata Gabb 1869
Gryphaea mutabilis Morton 1828
Gryphaea navia Gabb 1861
Gryphaea nevadensis McRoberts 1992
Gryphaea obliquata Sowerby 1815
Gryphaea orientalis Forbes 1846
Gryphaea pitcherii Morton 1834
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876
Gryphaea plicata Lamarck 1819
Gryphaea stomatoidea Forbes 1846
Invalid names: Liogryphaea Fischer 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available