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Taxonomy
Mytilus cristagalli was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Ostrea (Lopha) cristagalli by Ladd and Hoffmeister (1945); it was recombined as Lopha cristagalli by Wilson (2002) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Ostrea (Lopha) cristagalli by Ladd and Hoffmeister (1945); it was recombined as Lopha cristagalli by Wilson (2002) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mytilus cristagalli Linnaeus |
| 1945 | Ostrea (Lopha) cristagalli Ladd and Hoffmeister |
| 2002 | Lopha cristagalli Wilson p. 46 |
| 2006 | Lopha cristagalli Rosenberg et al. |
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Lopha cristagalli Linnaeus 1758 [Cock's Comb Oyster]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Fiji | Ostrea cristagalli (68292 68296 68314 68315 68326 68330) | |
| Pleistocene | Eritrea | Ostrea cristagalli (101415) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Yemen | Ostrea cristagalli (55372 55373 55374 55375) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Ostrea cristagalli (96787) | |
| Holocene | Mayotte | Lopha cristagalli (209864) |