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Ostreidina

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	244069	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=244069

Rank

suborder (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidina

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida
suborder	Ostreidina	(Ferussac 1822)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Pterioida	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Pterioida	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Pterioida	stated with evidence	Gliozzi and Malatesta, 1983
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Pterioida	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Pterioida	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Pterioida	stated without evidence	Squires, 1987
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Pterioida	stated with evidence	Ward, 1992
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Ostreoida	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Bivalvia	stated with evidence	Cooper, 2002
Ostreidina	suborder	belongs to Ostreida	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

704

Extant Size (PBDB)

101 (14%)

First Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Ostreida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Ostreida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Ostreida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostreida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. G. Carter, C. R. Altaba L. C. Anderson, R. Araujo, A. S. Biakov, A. E. Bogan, D. C. Campbell, M. Campbell, J. H. Chen, J. C. W. Cope, G. Delvene, H. H. Dijkstra, Z. J. Fang, R. N. Gardner, V. A. Gavrilova, I. A. Goncharova, P. J. Harries, J. H. Hartman, M. Hautmann, et al. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4:1-47

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ostreacea superfamily	listed (PBDB)		15	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Ostreoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)		12,481	279 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1822	Ostreina Ferussac
1965	Ostreina Newell p. 18
1982	Ostreina Dockery p. 53
1983	Ostreina Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 89
1984	Ostreina Squires p. 44
1987	Ostreina Squires p. 58

Year	Name and Author
1987	Ostreina Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1990	Ostreina Beu et al. p. 400
1992	Ostreina Ward p. 75
2000	Ostreina Coan et al. p. 211
2002	Ostreina Cooper p. 28
2011	Ostreidina Carter et al. p. 8

References

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Cooper M. R. (2002) Palaeolophid and liostreine oysters (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) from the Cretaceous of southeast Africa, with comments on oyster biostratigraphy and biofacies, Durban Museum Novitates 27 1, 28-60

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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