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Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea aviculiformis was named by Anderson (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 66747 - Alcalde Hills [Domengine Sandstone], which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.

It was recombined as Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis by Moore (1987) and Squires (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Ostrea aviculiformis Anderson p. 194 figs. Plate XIII, Figs. 3-5
1909Ostrea aviculiformis Arnold p. 50 figs. Plate II, figure 12
1916Ostrea aviculaformis Dickerson p. 55
1987Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis Moore p. C18 figs. Plate 19, figures 1, 2, 6
2018Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis Squires p. 15 figs. Figures 129 – 136

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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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyGryphaeostreinaeStenzel 1971
genusGryphaeostreaConrad 1865
speciesaviculiformis()

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.

Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis Anderson 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available