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Crassostrea cyathula

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea cyathula was named by Lamarck (1806) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Crassostrea cyathula by Marquet et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Ostrea cyathula Lamarck p. 163 figs. pl. 35, fig. 7
1832Ostrea planicosta Deshayes p. 368 figs. pl. 55, figs. 4-6
1917Ostrea cyathula Favre figs. pl. 26, figs. 87-93
1986Ostrea cyathula Gitton et al. p. 95
2008Crassostrea cyathula Marquet et al. p. 15

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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
genusCrassostreaSacco 1897
speciescyathula()

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.

Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806
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Invalid names: Ostrea planicosta Deshayes 1832 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:09:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:09:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 38.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Ostrea cyathula (102230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Sliven) Ostrea cyathula (102363 103738 103768)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria Ostrea cyathula (103963 103964)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Ostrea cyathula (9067 9072 9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9127 9128 9130 9131 9132 9135 9169 9171 9173 9182 9183 9193 9269)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Crassostrea cyathula (111373)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Region Aquitaine) Ostrea cyathula (35969)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Crassostrea cyathula (95898)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) Ostrea cyathula (102286 102362)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) Ostrea cyathula (9129 9270)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Ostrea cyathula (8338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Ostrea cyathula (8211)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jutland) Crassostrea cyathula (9176)