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Dendostrea folium (foliate oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea folium was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Indonesia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea (Lopha) folium by Oostingh (1935); it was recombined as Ostrea (Alectryonia) folium by Abrard (1946); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) folium by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Dendostrea folium by Lam and Morton (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea folium Linnaeus
1928Ostrea folium Vredenburg p. 429
1935Ostrea (Lopha) folium Oostingh p. 148
1946Ostrea (Alectryonia) folium Abrard p. 99
1958Ostrea folium Azzaroli p. 109
1994Lopha (Lopha) folium Skwarko p. g9
2009Dendostrea folium Lam and Morton p. 488

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusDendostreaSwainson 1835
speciesfolium(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 [foliate oyster]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Ostrea folium (79075 79081 79095 79097 79100)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Ostrea folium (77162)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Lopha folium (70081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Dominican Republic Ostrea folium (124722)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia Ostrea folium (79077 79082)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia (West Java) Lopha folium (179626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Ostrea folium (60110)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Ostrea folium (84520 84521 84523 84533 84544)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Lopha folium (70084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Ostrea folium (96336)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Ostrea folium (60880 66817)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Ostrea folium (77905)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Dendostrea folium (173265)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Western Australia) Dendostrea folium (63354)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Dendostrea folium (63351 63355)