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Taxonomy
Ostrea vespertina was named by Conrad (1855) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; California-Mexico.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13366, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Ostrea haitensis vespertina by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Dendostrea vespertina by Moore (1987) and Powell (2008).
It was recombined as Ostrea haitensis vespertina by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Dendostrea vespertina by Moore (1987) and Powell (2008).
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1854 | Ostrea vespertina Conrad p. 300 |
1855 | Ostrea vespertina Conrad p. 15 figs. pi. , figs. 36, 37, 38 |
1857 | Ostrea vespertina Conrad p. 325 |
1909 | Ostrea vespertina Arnold p. 77 figs. Plate XXIV, figures 4 and 5 |
1926 | Ostrea vespertina Hanna p. 486 |
1926 | Ostrea vespertina Jordan and Hertlein p. 428 |
1930 | Ostrea haitensis vespertina Stewart p. 128 figs. Plate 14, fig. 4 |
1931 | Ostrea vespertina Grant, IV and Gale p. 152 |
1938 | Ostrea vespertina Woodring pp. 42-47 figs. Plate 9, figure 5 |
1950 | Ostrea vespertina Woodring p. 85 |
1972 | Ostrea vespertina Hertlein and Grant pp. 218-219 |
1973 | Ostrea vespertina Addicott and Galehouse pp. 511, 513 |
1987 | Dendostrea vespertina Moore p. 25 |
2008 | Dendostrea vespertina Powell p. 10 |
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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.
†Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855
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†Ostrea vespertina sequens Arnold 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available