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Curvostrea ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4595319	https://www.gbif.org/species/4595319
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16592	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16592

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Curvostrea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Flemingostreidae : Curvostrea

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	Flemingostreidae	Stenzel 1971
subfamily	Flemingostreinae	Stenzel 1971
tribe	Curvostreini	Malchus 1990
genus	Curvostrea	Vialov 1936

Scientific Name

Curvostrea Vialov, 1936

Name Published In

Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR IV (XIII) No. 1 (105)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Curvostrea	genus	belongs to Ostreidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Curvostrea	genus	belongs to Curvostreini	stated with evidence	Cooper, 2002
Curvostrea	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Curvostrea	genus	belongs to Curvostreini	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

109 - 105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Curvostrea heinzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curvostrea isidis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curvostrea rouvillei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		46	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curvostrea tevesthensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea isidis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea rouvillei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Curvostrea Vialov
1980	Curvostrea Vokes p. 68
2002	Curvostrea Cooper p. 34
2002	Curvostrea Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Curvostrea Bouchet et al.

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

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

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR IV (XIII) No. 1 (105) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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