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Curvostrea rouvillei

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy

Ostrea rouvillei was named by Coquand (1862).

It was recombined as Liostrea rouvillei by Pervinquiere (1912) and Dartevelle and Freneix (1957); it was recombined as Ostrea (Crassostrea) rouvillei by Abbass (1962); it was recombined as Curvostrea rouvillei by Malchus (1990), Cooper (2002) and Mendir et al. (2021).

Synonyms

Ostrea biskarensis was named by Coquand (1862).

It was synonymized subjectively with Curvostrea rouvillei by Malchus (1990).
Ostrea rediviva was named by Coquand (1869).

It was recombined as Curvostrea rediviva by Stenzel (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Curvostrea rouvillei by Malchus (1990).
Gryphaea arrialoorensis was named by Stoliczka (1871).

It was synonymized subjectively with Curvostrea rouvillei by Malchus (1990).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Ostrea biskarensis Coquand
1862	Ostrea rouvillei Coquand
1869	Ostrea rediviva Coquand
1871	Gryphaea arrialoorensis Stoliczka
1912	Liostrea rouvillei Pervinquiere
1957	Liostrea rouvillei Dartevelle and Freneix p. 116 figs. Pl 20, fig 4
1962	Ostrea (Crassostrea) rouvillei Abbass
1971	Curvostrea rediviva Stenzel
1990	Curvostrea rouvillei Malchus
2002	Curvostrea rouvillei Cooper p. 33
2021	Curvostrea rouvillei Mendir et al. p. 11 figs. 5L1-2, M1-2

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Ostreidina	(Ferussac 1822)
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Gryphaeidae	Vialov 1936
subfamily	Gryphaeostreinae	Stenzel 1971
genus	Curvostrea	Vialov 1936
species	rouvillei	(Coquand 1862)

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.

†Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862

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Invalid names: Gryphaea arrialoorensis Stoliczka 1871 [synonym], Liostrea oxiana Romanowsky 1884 [synonym], Ostrea biskarensis Coquand 1862 [synonym], Ostrea rediviva Coquand 1869 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 109.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (48 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur)	Curvostrea rouvillei (70458)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (140609)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian	105.3 - 93.9	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (150677 150876)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Libya	Curvostrea rouvillei (185659)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Tunisia (Sidi Bou Zid)	Curvostrea rouvillei (108971)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (132848 132849 132850)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Angola	Ostrea rediviva (210893)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Algeria	Curvostrea rouvillei (220823)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (150675 150787)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Brazil	Curvostrea rouvillei (141007 141015 141023 141024 141027)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USSR	Liostrea oxiana (3796)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (114795 140240 140242 140952 185813)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (140225 140237)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Algeria	Curvostrea rouvillei (220824)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	99.6 - 89.3	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (150676)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Morocco	Curvostrea rouvillei (185610)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Algeria	Curvostrea rouvillei (185658)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (114799 114815 114899 140587)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (New Mexico)	Curvostrea rediviva (87805)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USSR	Liostrea oxiana (3797 3801 3803)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (114900)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (114823 140592 150674)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Afghanistan	Liostrea rouvillei, Liostrea oxiana (186341)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Egypt	Curvostrea rouvillei (114801)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	Afghanistan	Liostrea rouvillei (186342)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Russian Federation	Curvostrea rouvillei (1388)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Afghanistan	Liostrea rouvillei (186345)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Afghanistan	Liostrea rouvillei (186346)