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Dendostrea frons

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus frons was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea frons by Richards et al. (1969) and De Buisonjé (1974); it was recombined as Lopha frons by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Dendostrea frons by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mytilus frons Linnaeus
1925Ostrea (Lopha) folioides Woodring p. 61 figs. pl. 7, figs. 3-5
1969Ostrea frons Richards et al. p. 4
1974Ostrea frons De Buisonjé p. 232 figs. Pl 8, figs 3,4
1982Lopha frons Woodring p. 613
2005Dendostrea frons Rosenberg

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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
speciesfrons(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 frons Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Lopha) folioides Woodring 1925 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Ostrea frons (198091)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Lopha frons (93145)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Lopha frons (145333)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Ostrea folioides (60106 60110)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Aruba Ostrea frons (209167 209168)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Ostrea frons (209179 209180 209181 209183 209187)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Ostrea folioides (66814)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Lopha folioides (69093) Ostrea folioides (58522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Ostrea frons (66775)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Dendostrea frons (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Dendostrea frons (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Dendostrea frons (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Dendostrea frons (80837)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ostrea frons (97607 97609)