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Ostreinella

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Ostreinella was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Liostrea (Ostreinella) by Cossmann and Peyrot (1914) and Glibert and van de Poel (1965).

It was assigned to Liostrea by Cossmann and Peyrot (1914); to Vulsellidae by Glibert and van de Poel (1965); to Malleidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Liostrea (Ostreinella) Cossmann and Peyrot
1965Liostrea (Ostreinella) Glibert and van de Poel p. 6
1969Ostreinella Cox et al. p. N331
2002Ostreinella Sepkoski

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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)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
genusOstreinella

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available