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Ceratostreon flabellatum

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Exogyra flabellata was named by Goldfuss (1833).

It was recombined as Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum by Malchus (1990); it was recombined as Ceratostreon flabellatum by Bobkova (1961) and Mendir et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Gryphites carinatus Schlotheim
1833Exogyra flabellata Goldfuss
1833Exogyra harpa Goldfuss
1845Ostrea flabellata Goldfuss
1848Ostrea flabella Orbigny
1882Exogyra involuta Seguenza
1917Exogyra flabellata Newton p. 564 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1935Exogyra flabellata Furon p. 47 figs. Pl 1, figs 5a,b
1955Exogyra complicata Mahmoud
1961Ceratostreon flabellatum Bobkova
1990Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum Malchus
2021Ceratostreon flabellatum Mendir et al. p. 9 figs. 5A1-2, B1-2, C, D

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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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936
genusCeratostreonBayle 1878
speciesflabellatum(Goldfuss 1833)

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.

†Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Exogyra complicata Mahmoud 1955 [synonym], Exogyra harpa Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra involuta Seguenza 1882 [synonym], Exogyra plicata Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites carinatus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ostrea flabella Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea flabellata Goldfuss 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 122.46000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (151611 151613)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Ethiopia Exogyra flabellata (46587 46588)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Morocco Ceratostreon flabellatum (185608)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Peru Ceratostreon flabellatum (62022)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt Exogyra complicata (98325)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Peru (Cajamarca) Ceratostreon flabellatum (88518)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Exogyra complicata (98326)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Exogyra flabellata (210725)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (114864 114865 114866 140606 140608 140609 140611) Exogyra complicata (98327)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (150677 150737 150874 150876)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Iran Ceratostreon flabellatum (185716 185718 185765 185767 185770)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Ceratostreon flabellatum (185661)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya Ceratostreon flabellatum (185659)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Amphidonte flabellatum (140949)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tunisia (Sidi Bou Zid) Ceratostreon flabellatum (108971)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (132848 132849 132850 138415) Ostrea flabellata (161575)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Ceratostreon flabellatum (175373 175376 175377)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco Ceratostreon flabellatum (185609)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Angola Exogyra flabellata (210893)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Ceratostreon flabellatum (73862 73863)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Ceratostreon flabellatum (220823)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (114872 114873 114874 140109 140612 184768 184769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (114785 150787)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Sinai) Ceratostreon flabellatum (3757)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Libya Ceratostreon flabellatum (208628)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Ceratostreon flabellatum (185654 185655 220825)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Amphidonte flabellatum (185811 185813 185817) Ceratostreon flabellatum (114793 114794 114795 114810 114889 114891 114892 138416 138417 140577 140581 141572 208638)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (114808 114880 140225 140227 140231 140237 140539 140540 140541 140542)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Ceratostreon flabellatum (220824)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Ceratostreon flabellatum (114792 150611)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan Exogyra flabellata, Amphidonte flabellatum (66800)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Afghanistan Ceratostreon flabellatum (186339)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Ceratostreon flabellatum (175375)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Ceratostreon flabellatum (67456)