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Cubitostrea digitalina

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea digitata was named by Eichwald (1830) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Europe, Iran, Indonesia, India. ]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cubitostrea digitalina by El-Hedeny (2005) and Moths et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ostrea digitata Eichwald p. 213
1913Ostrea digitalina Böhm p. 61 fig. 1
1936Ostrea digitata Cox p. 47
2005Cubitostrea digitalina El-Hedeny p. 723
2010Cubitostrea digitalina Moths et al. p. 13

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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
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897
speciesdigitalina(Eichwald 1830)

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.

†Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830
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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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Tortonian or 105.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Sweden (Halland) Ostrea digitata (38722)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Ostrea digitalina (149316)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar Ostrea digitata (76602)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Germany Ostrea digitalina (171410)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Iran Ostrea digitata (79067)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cubitostrea digitalina (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Ostrea digitalina (180340 180341)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cubitostrea digitalina (62903)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Ostrea digitalina (59265)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) Ostrea digitalina (48660)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Ostrea digitalina (47992)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Cubitostrea digitalina (111599) Ostrea digitalina (164943 164944 164945 188985)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Vienna) Ostrea digitalina (174159 174160)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Egypt Cubitostrea digitalina (78613)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Ostrea digitalina (60288 60291 60292 60312 60313)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cubitostrea digitalina (61902 61903)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Cubitostrea digitalina (51690 51691)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Ostrea digitalina (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Ostrea digitalina (58983)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Cubitostrea digitalina (145973) Ostrea digitalina (73137 73138 73139 73140 73142)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Cubitostrea digitalina (51687)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Moldova Ostrea digitalina (78644 78650 78666)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Ostrea digitalina (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran Ostrea digitata (79065)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Ostrea digitalina (77133 77134)