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Turkostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ostrea (Turkostrea) Glibert p. 276
2002Turkostrea Sepkoski
2005Turkostrea Griffin et al. p. 260
2010Turkostrea Bouchet 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(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCrassostreinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
tribeTurkostreiniMalchus 1990
genusTurkostrea

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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Invalid names: Ostrea (Ostrea) elegans Deshayes and Abbass 1973 [synonym], Ostrea bogharensis Coquand 1973 [synonym]
Ostrea (Turkostrea) renzoni Etayo-Serna 1979
Turkostrea argentina Griffin et al. 2005
Turkostrea damboreneae Griffin et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available