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Exogyrinae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Exogyrinae Vialov
1975Exogyrinae Hayami
1980Exogyrinae Vokes p. 64
1983Exogyrinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 90
1983Ceratostreoninae Vialov
1987Exogyrinae Moore pp. 17, 18
1998Exogyrinae Stilwell p. 52
2010Exogyrinae Bouchet et al.
2011Exogyrinae Carter et al. p. 8
2021Exogyrinae Mendir et al. p. 7

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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
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936

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.

Subfm. †Exogyrinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Ceratostreon Bayle 1878
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Invalid names: Exogyra spinosa Matheron 1842 [synonym], Gryphoea auricularis Brongiart 1822 [synonym], Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea plicifera Dujardin 1859 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Exogyra haliotoidea Sowerby 1813 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Ostrea sigmoidea Reuss 1844 [synonym]
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Exogyra complicata Mahmoud 1955 [synonym], Exogyra harpa Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra involuta Seguenza 1882 [synonym], Exogyra plicata Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites carinatus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ostrea flabella Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea flabellata Goldfuss 1845 [synonym]
Ceratostreon minos Coquand 1869
Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837
G. †Costagyra Vialov 1936
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Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850
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Invalid names: Exogyra (Exogyra) olisiponensis Sharpe 1958 [synonym], Ostrea laciniata Orbigny 1869 [synonym], Ostrea oxyntas Coquand 1880 [synonym]
G. †Exogyra Say 1820
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Subg. †Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878
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Aetostreon latissimum Lamarck 1801
Aetostreon neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1851
Aetostreon subsinuatum Leymerie 1842
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Invalid names: Aetostreon putnami Imlay 1937 [synonym]
Subg. †Exogyra (Costagyra) Vialov 1936
Subg. †Exogyra (Exogyra) Say 1820
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Exogyra africana Lamarck 1801
Exogyra americana Marcou 1858
Exogyra auriformis von Koenen 1897
Exogyra californica Packard 1922
Exogyra conica Sowerby 1813
Exogyra contorta Eichwald 1868
Exogyra davidsoni Whidborne 1883
Exogyra ganhamoroba Maury 1936
Exogyra griepenkerli Böhm 1891
Exogyra inornata Packard 1922
Exogyra lancha Stoyanow 1949
Exogyra miotaurinensis Sacco 1897
Exogyra mutatoria White 1887
Exogyra ostracina Lamarck 1801
Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852
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Invalid names: Exogyra decussata Goldfuss 1834 [synonym], Exogyra matheroniana Orbigny 1923 [synonym], Ostrea (Exogyra) overwegi Buch 1953 [synonym], Ostrea fourneti Coquand 1862 [synonym]
Exogyra quitmanensis Cragin 1893
Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937
Exogyra scheibei Bohm 1926
Exogyra sergipensis Maury 1936
Exogyra solea Müller 1900
Exogyra tamaulipana Imlay 1937
Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson 1914
Exogyra wetzleri Boehm 1882
Exogyra woolmani Richards 1947
Exogyra yabei Nagao 1934
Invalid names: Chama cornu arietis Nilsson 1827 [synonym]
Tr. †Exogyrini Vialov 1936
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G. †Laevigyra Malchus 1990
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Laevigyra dhondtae Malchus 1990
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Invalid names: Exogyra arietina Stanton 1967 [synonym]
Laevigyra luynesi Lartet 1872
G. †Fluctogyra Vialov 1936
G. †Ilymatogyra Stenzel 1971
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Subg. †Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) Malchus 1990
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Exogyra densata Conrad 1852 [synonym], Gryphaea secunda Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Ostrea africana Lamarck 1869 [synonym], Ostrea auressensis Coquand 1862 [synonym]
G. †Nanogyra Beurlen 1958
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Subg. †Nanogyra (Nanogyra) Beurlen 1958
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Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822
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Invalid names: Exogyra auriformis Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra bruntrutana Thurmann 1830 [synonym], Exogyra eminensis Reed 1927 [synonym], Exogyra fourtaui Stefanini 1925 [synonym], Exogyra spiralis Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931 [synonym], Gryphaea mima Phillips 1829 [synonym], Ostrea (Exogyra) quadrata Etallon 1893 [synonym], Ostrea spiralis Orbigny 1847 [synonym]
Subg. †Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) Mirkamalov 1963
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Exogyra) auriformis Goldfuss 1859 [synonym]
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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]
Nanogyra auricularis Munster 1833
Nanogyra crassa Smith 1819
Nanogyra monoptera Eudes-Deslongchamps and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1859
Tr. †Nanogyrini Malchus 1990
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G. †Amphidonte Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Subg. †Amphidonte (Amphidonte) Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Invalid names: Ostrea auricularis Geinitz 1869 [synonym]
Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813
Amphidonte humboldtii Fischer de Waldheim 1829
Amphidonte mendozana Ihering 1907
G. †Nutogyra Vialov 1936
G. †Planospirites Lamarck 1801
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Rhynchostreon etalloni Pictet and Campiche 1870
Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Exogyra arduennensis Orbigny 1967 [synonym], Exogyra mermeti Coquand 1882 [synonym], Ostrea columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Ostrea larteti Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea overwegi Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea suborbiculata Lamarck 1802 [synonym], Rhynchostreon chaperi Bayle 1878 [synonym], Rhynchostreon columbum Lamarck 1819 [synonym]
Rhynchostreon plicatulum Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Exogyra plicatula Lamarck 1910 [synonym], Ostrea ratisbonensis Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea reaumuri Coquand 1859 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Exogyra columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphaea columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphaea silicea Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites ratisbonensis Schlotheim 1813 [synonym]
Rhynchostreon tombeckianum d'Orbigny 1846
G. †Vultogryphaea Vialov 1936
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Vultogryphaea laciniata Nilson 1827
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Invalid names: Exogyra (Costagyra) goldfussiana Sobetski 1977 [synonym], Exogyra laciniata Goldfuss 1833 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amphidonteini Vialov 1983 [empty], Ceratostreoninae Vialov 1983 [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 Sinemurian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 199.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (1968 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Exogyra sp. (228250)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France Exogyra sp. (39215)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France Exogyra sp. (39381)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile Exogyra sp. (7415 7425)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile Exogyra sp. A (32443) Expgyra sp. (95547) Nanogyra auricularis (32414 32418 32419 32428 32429 32432 32440 32444 33953 33954 33958 33963 33965 33966 33967 33968 33969)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain Exogyra sp. (211864 211866 211869) Nanogyra sp. (212062 212068)
Pliensbachian - Aalenian190.8 - 170.3Chile (Coquimbo) Nanogyra sp. (221993)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile Nanogyra auricularis (33585 33590 33591 33593 33595 33599 33600 33602 33603 33605 33607 33608 33609 33610 33611 34059 34060 34064 34067 34073 34074 34076 34077 34079 34080 34081 34082 34083 34084 34085 34086 34087 34088 34089 34090 34091)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile Expgyra sp. (95553) Nanogyra auricularis (33890)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Teruel) Nanogyra sp. (211200)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Exogyra miotaurinensis (78830 78953)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Exogyra sp. (34690 71885)
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 (Virginia) Chama striata (79709 80036 80038 80040)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Chama striata (59307 59308 59309 59310 59327)
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)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Laevigyra sp. (107972)