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Lophinae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Lophinae was named by Vialov (1936) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9242]. It is extant. Its type is Lopha.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ostreinae by Raith et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Ostreidae by Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Moore (1987), Rosenberg et al. (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Mendir et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Lophinae Vialov
1980Lophinae Vokes p. 67
1982Lophinae Dockery p. 53
1987Lophinae Moore p. 24
2006Lophinae Rosenberg et al.
2010Lophinae Bouchet et al.
2011Lophinae Carter et al. p. 8
2021Lophinae Mendir et al. p. 6

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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
subfamilyLophinaeVialov 1936
subfamilyLophinaeVialov 1936

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.

Subfm. Lophinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Abruptolopha Vialov 1936
G. Alectryonella Sacco 1897
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Alectryonella plicatula Lamarck 1801
G. †Arctostrea Pervinquiere 1910
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Arctostrea amor d'Orbigny 1850
Arctostrea avita Douvillé 1916
G. †Cameleolopha Vyalov 1936
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Cameleolopha sannionis White 1876
G. Lopha Röding 1798
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Subg. †Lopha (Actinostreon) Bayle 1878
Subg. †Lopha (Arctostrea) Bobkova 1961
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Subg. Lopha (Lopha) Röding 1798
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Lopha (Lopha) morgani Dоuvillé 1904
Subg. †Lopha (Rastellum) Sowerby 1815
Lopha blanfordi Lees 1928
Lopha chlamydoides Martin 1922
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825
Lopha cotteaui Coquand 1869
Lopha cristagalli Linnaeus 1758 [Cock's Comb Oyster]
Lopha dageensis Guo 1985
Lopha dieneri Blanckenhorn 1890
Lopha engelmanni Meek 1860
Lopha eos Coquand 1869
Lopha euzebioi Maury 1936
Lopha haidingeriana Emmrich 1853
Lopha lombardi Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
Lopha longifolium Martin 1922
Lopha mesenterica Morton 1834
Lopha murakamii Nakazawa and Newell 1968
Lopha papieri Thomas and Peron 1890
Lopha radiata Lamarck 1819
Lopha simplexa Zhang 1977
Lopha staufferi Bergquist 1944
Lopha stefaninii Diaz-Romero 1931
Lopha syphax Coquand 1854
Lopha teranosawensis Nakazawa and Newell 1968
Lopha vascularis Lu 1981
Lopha vulsa Chen 1976
Ostrea (Lopha) guppyi Woodring 1925
Ostrea (Lopha) hyotiformis Philippi 1901
Ostrea (Lopha) larva Lamarck 1953
Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon Woodring 1925
Ostrea (Lopha) sechura Olsson 1944
G. †Oscillolopha Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
G. †Pseudoperna Logan 1899
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Ostrea congesta Conrad 1843
G. †Rastellum Faujas-St.-Fond 1799
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Subg. †Rastellum (Arctostrea) Pervinquiere 1910
Rastellum allobrogensis Pictet and Roux 1853
Rastellum carinatum Lamarck 1806
Rastellum deshayesi d'Orbigny 1853
Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767
Rastellum ricordeana d'Orbigny 1850
Invalid names: Lophini Vialov 1936 [empty], Myrakeenini Harry 1985 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Holocene or 279.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 272.3 Ma

Collections (690 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan Lopha teranosawensis (114532)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Lopha teranosawensis (114533)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangdong) Lopha sp. (113864)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Lopha sp. (50025)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangsu) Lopha sp. 1, Lopha murakamii (102128)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Lopha murakamii (97261 107816 107820 107826) Lopha simplexa (123623) Lopha sp. (105949)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Fujian) Lopha sp. 2 (102120)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) Lopha fujianensis (111747) Lopha murakamii (95481 95483 95488)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Lopha murakamii (114491)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Yunnan) Lopha dageensis (98544)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Vietnam Lopha sp. (44760)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Lopha sp. (42371 42375)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Lopha calceoformis, Lopha sp. (31619 31624 31631) Lopha sp. (31612 31615 31617 31618 31620 31621 31622 31623 31625 31626 31627 31628 31629 31632)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia Lopha sp. (85177)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Xizang) Lopha sp. (150474)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany Ostrea haidingeriana (202142)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Lopha sp. (57100)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (Yukon) Lopha sp. (40763)
Norian228.0 - 208.5United Arab Emirates Lopha blanfordi (41201 41203)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Qinghai) Lopha vascularis (200769)