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Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphoea virgula was named by Deshayes (1831).

It was recombined as Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula by Koppka (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Gryphaea angustata Lamarck
1817Chama striata Smith
1817Exogyra striata Smith
1817Nanogyra striata Smith
1821Ostrea virgula Defrance
1831Gryphoea virgula Deshayes
1833Exogyra virgula Goldfuss
1836Exogyra angustata Lamarck
1924Exogyra alata Jourdy
2015Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Koppka

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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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936
genusNanogyraBeurlen 1958
subgenusPalaeogyraMirkamalov 1963
speciesvirgula(Deshayes 1831)

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: Chama striata Smith 1817 [synonym], Exogyra alata Jourdy 1924 [synonym], Exogyra angustata Lamarck 1836 [synonym], Exogyra striata Smith 1817 [synonym], Exogyra virgula Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Gryphaea angustata Lamarck 1801 [synonym], Nanogyra striata Smith 1817 [synonym], Ostrea virgula Defrance 1821 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 166.10000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Nanogyra striata (48585 48586 48588 48589 48593 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) Nanogyra virgula (8574 8656 8657 8659 8660 8661)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Nanogyra virgula (38693)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) Nanogyra virgula (185662 185666 185667 185668)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico (Nuevo León) Nanogyra virgula (114687 114688 114689)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Haute-Normandie) Ostrea virgula (47420)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nanogyra virgula (41817 154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Midi-Pyrénées) Nanogyra virgula (138311)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Nanogyra striata (35262)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Exogyra virgula (13367 13368 13369 13370 13371 13372 13373 13374 13375 13376 13377 13378 13381 13385 13388 13389 13393 13394 13399 190056)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Chama striata (59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Chama striata (79248 79249)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Chama striata (59484 80037 80044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Chama striata (59307 59308 59309 59310 59327)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Chama striata (79709 80036 80038 80040)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Chama striata (59316 59317 59318 79339 79340 80033 80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Chama striata (80025)