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Alectryonia martinsi

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea martinsi was named by Archiac (1850).

It was recombined as Alectryonia martinsi by Newton (1905).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ostrea martinsi Archiac
1905Alectryonia martinsi Newton p. 85

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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(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAlectryoniaLinnaeus 1758
speciesmartinsi(Archiac 1850)

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.

Alectryonia martinsi Archiac 1850
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Niger Alectryonia martinsi (184349)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Ostrea martinsi (78617)