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Acutostrea miguelensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea miguelensis was named by Hertlein (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; California.]. Its type specimen is CAS 4121, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acutostrea miguelensis by Moore (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Ostrea miguelensis Hertlein p. 146 figs. pl. 23, figs. 3-6
1932Ostrea miguelensis Loel and Corey p. 191 figs. Plate 10, figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b
1987Acutostrea miguelensis Moore p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCrassostreinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
tribeCrassostreiniScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusAcutostreaVyalov 1936
speciesmiguelensis()

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.

†Acutostrea miguelensis Hertlein 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available