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Ostrea angelica

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6531256https://www.gbif.org/species/6531256
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)167781https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=167781
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea angelica
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea angelica
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida
suborderOstreidina
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOstreaLinnaeus 1758
speciesOstrea angelicaRochebrune 1895
Generic NameOstrea
Scientific NameOstrea angelica Rochebrune, 1895
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ostrea angelicaspeciesbelongs to Ostreastated with evidenceRochebrune, 1895
Ostrea angelicaspeciesbelongs to Dendostreastated with evidenceMoore, 1987
Ostrea angelicaspeciesbelongs to Myrakeenastated with evidencePowell, 2008
Ostrea angelicaspeciesbelongs to Ostreastated with evidenceRaith et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Environmenthypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Ostreidae)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Ostreidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Ostreidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Ostreidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. L. Powell. 2008. Pliocene Invertebrates From the Travertine Point Outcrop of the Imperial Formation, Imperial County, California. United States Geological Survey Scientific Investigations 2008(5155):1-25

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Myrakeena angelica (Rochebrune, 1895)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Myrakeena angelica
Dendostrea angelica (Rochebrune, 1895)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Dendostrea angelica

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Ostrea angelica Rochebrune p. 241
1987Dendostrea angelica Moore pp. C26-C27
2008Myrakeena angelica Powell p. 9
2012Myrakeena angelica Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 246
2016Ostrea angelica Raith et al. p. 265

References

Powell C. L. (2008) Pliocene Invertebrates From the Travertine Point Outcrop of the Imperial Formation, Imperial County, California, United States Geological Survey Scientific Investigations 2008 5155, 1-25
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
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
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
Raith M., Zacherl D.C., Pilgrim E.M. & Eernisse D.J. (2015). Phylogeny and species diversity of Gulf of California oysters (Ostreidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA. American Malacological Bulletin. 33(2): 1-21. - via World Register of Marine Species
Raith M., Zacherl D.C., Pilgrim E.M. & Eernisse D.J. (2015) Phylogeny and species diversity of Gulf of California oysters (Ostreidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA: American Malacological Bulletin. 33(2): 1-21 - via Catalogue of Life
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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