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Gigantostrea trigonalis
Taxonomy
Ostrea trigonalis was named by Conrad (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coast.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.
It was recombined as Gigantostrea trigonalis by Palmer and Brann (1965).
It was recombined as Gigantostrea trigonalis by Palmer and Brann (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Ostrea trigonalis Conrad p. 289 figs. Plate XIV, Fig. 10 |
| 1856 | Ostrea trigonalis Conrad p. 259 |
| 1904 | Ostrea trigonalis Glenn p. 380 |
| 1965 | Gigantostrea trigonalis Palmer and Brann p. 149 |
| 1982 | Ostrea trigonalis Woodring p. 606 |
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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.
†Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available