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Liostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Liostrea Douvillé
1970Liostrea Ronchetti p. 59
1980Liostrea Vokes p. 63
1984Liostrea Kelly p. 52
2002Liostrea Sepkoski
2010Liostrea Bouchet et al.
2014Liostrea 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
genusLiostreaDouvillé 1904

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. †Liostrea Douvillé 1904
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Liostrea arabica Stefanini 1925
Liostrea birmanica Reed 1936
Liostrea bourguignati Coquand 1869
Liostrea cellae de Stefani 1913
Liostrea gauthieri Thomas and Peron 1890
Liostrea heinzi Peron and Thomas 1891
Liostrea jaxartensis Zaprudskaya 1953
Liostrea lehmanni Romanowsky 1884
Liostrea michailowskii Borneman 1960
Liostrea minor Bobkova 1961
Liostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837
Liostrea newelli Newton et al. 1987
Liostrea prima Romanowsky 1890
Liostrea roachensis Fourtau 1917
Liostrea strigilecula White 1877
Liostrea sublamellosa Dunker 1846
Liostrea tibetica Yin and McRoberts 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height1522.714.732.023.04.31

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: Attached (attached to shells), epifaunal, suspension-feeder (McKerrow, 1979).g
Created: 2009-04-13 11:16:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:16:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Bartonian or 242.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (618 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Sichuan) L. sp. (25401)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0USA (Nevada) L. sp. (230958)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0USA (Nevada) L. jungi (42552)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) L. shiraiwensis (39205)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Nevada) L. sp. (210695 210696 210697 210700)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Oregon) L. newelli (33294) L. sp. (36755)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France L. irregularis (39361 39362 39363 39364 39365 39366 39367)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom L. bristovi (78449) L. hisingeri (78470)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Argentina (Mendoza) L. sp. (50817 132718 132723 132724)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy L. hisingeri (38167 38168)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Congo-Brazzaville L. bourguignati, L. heinzi (191892)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Afghanistan L. prima, L. michailowskii (186344)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Ukraine L. mirabilis (47061)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Kazakhstan (Kustanai) L. prima (186858)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland L. reussi (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Libya Ostrea cellae (77235)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation L. devjatilovae, L. nordicus (50039)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation L. chulgunensis (50125)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation L. nordicus (50078)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France L. resupinata (78567)