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Turkostrea ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4595324	https://www.gbif.org/species/4595324
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17076	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17076

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Turkostrea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Turkostrea

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	Crassostreinae	Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
tribe	Turkostreini	Malchus 1990
genus	Turkostrea	Vialov 1936

Scientific Name

Turkostrea Vialov, 1936

Name Published In

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

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Turkostrea	subgenus	belongs to Ostrea	stated without evidence	Glibert, 1985
Turkostrea	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Turkostrea	genus	belongs to Turkostreini	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ostrea (Turkostrea) bogharensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	48.6 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Ostrea (Turkostrea) renzoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Ostrea bogharensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1985	Ostrea (Turkostrea) Glibert p. 276
2002	Turkostrea Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Turkostrea Bouchet et al.

References

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

Glibert M. (1985) Les Bivalves et Gastéropodes du Bruxellien inférieur de la Belgique (Eocène moyen), Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique 115, 261-366

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

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

GBIF/NLBIF: Natural History Museum Rotterdam - 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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