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Ostrea conchaphila

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter pp. 161-163
1987Ostreola conchaphila Moore p. 28
2000Ostrea conchaphila Coan et al. p. 214
2016Ostrea conchaphila Raith et al. p. 265
2021Ostrea conchaphila Hendy

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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(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOstreaLinnaeus 1758
speciesconchaphilaCarpenter 1857

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.

Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter 1857
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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: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Ostrea conchaphila (71051 222663 222664) Ostrea lurida (138723 202492 222936 223304 223316)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Ostrea conchaphila (222646) Ostrea lurida (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Ostrea conchaphila (96561)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ostrea conchaphila (96930 96936 96937 96938 96939 222660 222661 222662) Ostrea lurida (222674 223065 223072)