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Undulostrea megodon

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea megodon was named by Hanley (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; California-Peru. TYPE DETAILS: Holotype (BMNH) missing; Lectotype listed.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is ANSP 4494, a shell.

It was recombined as Ostrea (Alectryonia) megadon by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Ostrea (Lopha) megadon by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Ostrea (Agerostrea) megadon by Hertlein and Grant (1972) and Smith (1984); it was recombined as Agerostrea megadon by Bernard (1983); it was recombined as Ostreola megodon by Moore (1987); it was recombined as Undulostrea megodon by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Raith et al. (2016) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ostrea megodon Hanley p. 106
1846Ostrea gallus Valenciennes figs. pl. 21, fig. 12
1866Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb p. 35 figs. pl. 11, fig. 61
1922Ostrea megodon Olsson p. 195
1926Ostrea megodon Jordan and Hertlein p. 427
1929Ostrea megodon Anderson p. 154
1930Ostrea megadon Stewart p. 130
1930Ostrea megadon cerrosensis Stewart p. 130 figs. Plate 14, fig. 1
1931Ostrea megodon Grant, IV and Gale p. 150
1950Ostrea megodon Durham p. 59
1964Ostrea (Alectryonia) megadon Olsson p. 35
1971Ostrea (Lopha) megadon Keen p. 84
1972Ostrea (Agerostrea) megadon Hertlein and Grant pp. 221-222
1983Agerostrea megadon Bernard p. 23
1984Ostrea (Agerostrea) megadon Smith p. 206
1987Ostreola megodon Moore p. 29
2012Undulostrea megodon Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 238
2016Undulostrea megodon Raith et al. p. 265
2021Undulostrea megodon Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
tribeUndulostreiniHarry 1985
genusUndulostreaHarry 1985
speciesmegodon(Hanley 1846)

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.

Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846
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Invalid names: Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb 1866 [synonym], Ostrea gallus Valenciennes 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available