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Description

Lopha is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Ostreidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopha, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286053	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286053
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16782	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16782

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Lopha

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Lopha

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Ostreidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Ostreinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Lopha	Röding 1798

Scientific Name

Lopha Röding, 1798

Name Published In

Röding, Peter F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum, sive, Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten. Johan. Christi. Trappii, Hamburgi.: pt.2: , , 1-199.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lopha	subgenus	belongs to Ostrea	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1925
Lopha	subgenus	belongs to Ostrea	stated without evidence	Ladd and Hoffmeister, 1945
Lopha	genus	belongs to Lophinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Lopha	genus	belongs to Lophinae	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Lopha	genus	belongs to Lophinae	stated with evidence	Moore, 1987
Lopha	genus	belongs to Ostreidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Lopha	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lopha	genus	belongs to Lophinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (7.7%)

First Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Environment

hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Ostreidae)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Ostreidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Ostreidae)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostreidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopha

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lopha (Actinostreon) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		11	199 Ma Early Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lopha (Arctostrea) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lopha (Lopha) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		66	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Lopha (Rastellum) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Alectryonia zeilleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha aucapitainei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha babatagensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha bellaplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha blanfordi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Lopha chlamydoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Lopha costata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		60	183 Ma Early Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lopha cristagalli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Cock's Comb Oyster	12	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Lopha dageensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Lopha dieneri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lopha engelmanni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lopha euzebioi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lopha frondicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha haidingeriana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	237 Ma Middle Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Lopha lombardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lopha longifolium ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Lopha luppovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha maccoyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha morgani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha murakamii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Lopha papieri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Lopha radiata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene
Lopha simplexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Lopha stefaninii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lopha tadjikistanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha teranosawensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Lopha travisana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lopha vascularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Lopha vulsa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lopha wulanwulaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ostrea (Lopha) guppyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Ostrea (Lopha) hyotiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Ostrea (Lopha) larva ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Ostrea (Lopha) sechura ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Ostrea blanfordi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea chlamydoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea costata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea dieneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea engelmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea guppyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea hyotiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea larva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea longifolium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea nasuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea papieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea paramegodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea veatchii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea vicksburgensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Alectryonia Fischer von Waldheim, 1807	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : *Alectryonia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1798	Lopha Röding
1925	Ostrea (Lopha) Woodring p. 59
1935	Ostrea (Lopha) Oostingh p. 146
1945	Ostrea (Lopha) Ladd and Hoffmeister
1980	Lopha Vokes p. 68
1982	Lopha Dockery p. 53

Year	Name and Author
1982	Lopha Woodring p. 613
1987	Lopha Moore p. 24
1998	Lopha Lamprell and Healy p. 130
2002	Lopha Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Lopha Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Woodring W. P. (1925) Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 1: Pelecypods and Scaphopods, Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Ladd H. S., Hoffmeister J. E. (1945) Geology of Lau, Fiji, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 181

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

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

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Moore E. J. (1987) Tertiary Marine Pelycypods of California and Baja California: Plicatulidae to Ostreidae, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228 C, 1-53

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mus. Bolten., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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