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Cubitostrea rugifera

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea sellaeformis rugifera was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida, Panama.]. Its type specimen is USNM 114570, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ostrea rugifera by Gardner (1926) and Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Cubitostrea rugifera by Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1994) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Ostrea sellaeformis rugifera Dall p. 678
1926Ostrea rugifera Gardner p. 41 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1, 2
1947Ostrea rugifera Gardner p. 41
1982Cubitostrea rugifera Woodring p. 613
1994Cubitostrea rugifera Perrilliat p. 237
2008Cubitostrea rugifera Hendy et al.

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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
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897
speciesrugifera(Dall 1898)

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.

Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available