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Notostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Notostrea was named by Finlay (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 530]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Pycnodonte (Notostrea) by Robinson and Lee (2011).

It was assigned to Ostreidae by Vokes (1980); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pycnodonte by Robinson and Lee (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Notostrea Finlay
1980Notostrea Vokes p. 68
2002Notostrea Sepkoski
2011Pycnodonte (Notostrea) Robinson and Lee p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNotostreaFinlay 1928

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. †Notostrea Finlay 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available