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Gryphaea (Catinula)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

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

It was reranked as Gryphaea (Catinula) by Gahr (2002).

It was assigned to Ostreidae by Hayami (1975); to Gryphaea by Gahr (2002); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Catinula Hayami
2002Gryphaea (Catinula) Gahr
2002Catinula Sepkoski

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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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyGryphaeinaeVialov 1936
genusGryphaeaLamarck 1801
subgenusCatinula

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:23:24
Modified: 2005-01-28 04:23:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Aptian or 183.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain Gryphaea crickleyensis (211856 212061 212063)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Gryphaea crickleyensis (25211 25212 25213 25215 25608 25609 26137 26141 26144 26151 26325 26326 26327 26329 26332 26335 26388 26397)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal (Coimbra) Catinula crickleyensis (211033)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Teruel) Gryphaea crickleyensis (211066 211067 211170)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Catinula knorri (45265)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5China (Xizang) Catinula sp. (61446)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Catinula sandalina (68664) Catinula stoliczkai (68662) Gryphaea stoliczkai (61795 63080)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Catinula knorri (48563 48564)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India (Kachchh) Catinula sandalina (24047)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Catinula alimena (68647) Catinula stoliczkai, Catinula alimena (68644)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Gryphaea stoliczkai (61825 61872)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Gryphaea stoliczkai (67626 68291)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India Gryphaea stoliczkai (63537)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Japan (Miyagi) Catinula oshimensis (40328)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Catinula oshimensis (40554)