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Striostrea

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4373374	https://www.gbif.org/species/4373374
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17057	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17057

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Striostrea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Striostrea

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	Striostreinae	Harry 1985
genus	Striostrea	Vialov 1936

Scientific Name

Striostrea Vialov, 1936

Name Published In

Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR (N. S.) 1936 (4)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Ostreinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Crassostreinae	stated with evidence	Moore, 1987
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Crassostreinae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Ostreidae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Striostreini	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Striostreini	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012
Striostrea	genus	belongs to Striostreinae	stated with evidence	Raith et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (36%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Ostreidae)

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001).

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Striostrea (Parastriostrea) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Ostrea appressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea bourgeoisii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea cahobasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea dorsata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea freudenbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea gigantissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Striostrea appressa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Striostrea bourgeoisii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Striostrea cahobasensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	28.4 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Striostrea denticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Striostrea dorsata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Striostrea freudenbergi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Striostrea gigantissima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	41.3 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Striostrea margaritacea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Striostrea paucichomata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Striostrea prismatica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Striostrea vialovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Striostrea Vyalov
1980	Striostrea Vokes p. 67
1987	Striostrea Moore pp. 30, 32
1998	Striostrea Lamprell and Healy p. 136
2001	Striostrea Todd
2002	Striostrea Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Striostrea Bouchet et al.
2012	Striostrea Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 242
2013	Striostrea Bolton and Portell p. 68
2016	Striostrea Raith et al. p. 276

References

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

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

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

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

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

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

Bolton M. J., Portell R. W. (2013) A new species of Striostrea (Bivalvia: Flemingostreidae) from the upper Pliocene and lower Pleistocene strata of Florida, USA, The Nautilus 127 2, 65-77

Raith M., Zacherl D. C., et al (2016) Phylogeny and species diversity of Gulf of California oysters (Ostreidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA, American Malacological Bulletin 33 2, 263-283

Aphia2006 - 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

Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR (N. S.) 1936 (4) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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