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Cubitostrea sellaeformis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea sellaeformis was named by Conrad (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Paleogene; Gulf and Atlantic coastal plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cubitostrea sellaeformis by Stenzel (1949), Palmer and Brann (1965) and Kosnik (2002).

Synonyms
  • Ostrea thomasii was named by Conrad (1867). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ostrea sellaeformis by Glenn (1904).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Ostrea sellaeformis Conrad
1867Ostrea thomasii Conrad p. 139
1895Ostrea sellaeformis Clark p. 5
1919Ostrea sellaeformis Harris p. 10
1949Cubitostrea sellaeformis Stenzel p. 45
1965Cubitostrea sellaeformis Palmer and Brann p. 117
2002Cubitostrea sellaeformis Kosnik

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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)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897
speciessellaeformis(Conrad 1832)

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.

†Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832
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Invalid names: Ostrea thomasii Conrad 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 58.70000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Ostrea sellaeformis (84048)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (4868 81261 81262 81263)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Virginia) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (1445 1446 1447 1448)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (1435 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 81224 81237 81238 81241 81242 81253 81254 81255 81257 81258 81259 81260)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (205417 205421 205440 205478)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (32901 52344) Cubitostrea selliformis (77066)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (205420 205490)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Ostrea sellaeformis (42988 42990 42992)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Virginia) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (60664 60666 60765 60847)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Ostrea sellaeformis (41927 41929 41969 41970 41979)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (90656 91798 205410 205414 205485)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (44405 44408 44409 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Ostrea sellaeformis (5380 5436 5437 5447 5458)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2443 2453 2454 90600 92267 98355) Ostrea sellaeformis (98359)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (5343 5344 5345 5353 91762 99099)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Cubitostrea sellaeformis (2434 2444 2446 2449 2451 90642 90709 98501 99672 99722 99736 100141 100142 205508) Ostrea sellaeformis (90707)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Ostrea sellaeformis (92433 92434)