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Dendostrea vespertina

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea vespertina was named by Conrad (1855) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; California-Mexico.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13366, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ostrea haitensis vespertina by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Dendostrea vespertina by Moore (1987) and Powell (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ostrea vespertina Conrad p. 300
1855Ostrea vespertina Conrad p. 15 figs. pi. , figs. 36, 37, 38
1857Ostrea vespertina Conrad p. 325
1909Ostrea vespertina Arnold p. 77 figs. Plate XXIV, figures 4 and 5
1926Ostrea vespertina Hanna p. 486
1926Ostrea vespertina Jordan and Hertlein p. 428
1930Ostrea haitensis vespertina Stewart p. 128 figs. Plate 14, fig. 4
1931Ostrea vespertina Grant, IV and Gale p. 152
1938Ostrea vespertina Woodring pp. 42-47 figs. Plate 9, figure 5
1950Ostrea vespertina Woodring p. 85
1972Ostrea vespertina Hertlein and Grant pp. 218-219
1973Ostrea vespertina Addicott and Galehouse pp. 511, 513
1987Dendostrea vespertina Moore p. 25
2008Dendostrea vespertina Powell p. 10

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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
speciesvespertina()

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 vespertina Conrad 1855
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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 Chattian to the top of the Gelasian or 28.10000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (122 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (52386 52392 52413)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (71217 71223)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (195407)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (96541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Ostrea vespertina (41541 41543 41553 41555 41569)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Ostrea vespertina (43840 43841 43842 43845 43846 43847 43946 44027 44029 44030 44035 44036 44038 44040 44042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Dendostrea vespertina (96550 96554) Ostrea veatchii (120822) Ostrea vespertina (96539 96542 96543 96545 96546 96547 211317 220186)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Ostrea vespertina (96588 97124 97125 97126 97127 97129 97130)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Sonora) Ostrea vespertina (96564)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (96908 96909 122281 194664 220191 220193 237374 237375 237376 237377 237378 237380 237381 237385 237387 237388 237391)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Dendostrea vespertina (214256 214257 214258 214259 214260 214261 214264 214265 214266 214267)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (19676 19677 19678)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Dendostrea vespertina (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (237593 238418 238434 238435 238436 238437 238455 238458 238606 238610 238611 238613)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (189541 189542 189549 189550)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Dendostrea vespertina (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Ostrea vespertina (238614)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Dendostrea vespertina (214278 214280 214284 214285 214286 214287) Ostrea vespertina (189555 189556 189557 189558 189560 189561 189761 189762 189765 207660 207661 207662 207663 207664 207666 207667 207702 207707 207712 207720 207762)