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Taxonomy
Ostrea paroxis was named by Lesueur (1829) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 340441, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1829 | Ostrea paroxis Lesueur figs. pl. 8, fig. 17 |
1982 | Ostrea paroxis Dockery p. 53 |
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†Ostrea paroxis Lesueur 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available