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Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphaea vesiculosa was named by Sowerby (1822).

It was recombined as Ostrea vesiculosa by Choffat (1888) and Sowerby (1891); it was recombined as Pycnodonte vesiculosa by Quarto di Palo (1970) and Kendrick and Vartak (2007); it was recombined as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculosum by Malchus (1990); it was recombined as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa by Mendir et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Gryphaea vesiculosa turkestanica
Sister taxa
Gryphaea vesiculosa turkestanica
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aucella, P. belli, P. frauscheri, P. houzeaui, P. kansasense, P. kellumi, P. mackayi, P. tarda, P. aucella, P. gambaensis, P. navaniaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Gryphaea vesiculosa Sowerby p. 93 figs. Pl. 369, Fig. 1-7
1888Ostrea vesiculosa Choffat p. 91 figs. Pl 5, figs 15-17
1891Ostrea vesiculosa Sowerby
1970Pycnodonte vesiculosa Quarto di Palo p. 105 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 5-7
1990Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculosum Malchus
2007Pycnodonte vesiculosa Kendrick and Vartak p. 41 figs. 8G-K
2021Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Mendir et al. p. 12 figs. 5N1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusPycnodonte(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
subgenusPhygraea(Vyalov 1936)
speciesvesicularis(Lamarck 1806)
subspeciesvesiculosa(Sowerby 1822)

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.

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Invalid names: Ostrea vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height424.518.037.023.58.58

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:10:00
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:10:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 105.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5India Pycnodonte vesiculosa (228377)
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Ostrea vesiculosa (1865)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Ostrea vesiculosa (2237)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Morocco Pycnodonte vesiculosa (185608)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Ostrea vesiculosa (198091)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Ostrea vesiculosa (210851)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Pycnodonte vesiculosa (228378)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Afghanistan (Takhar) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (78086)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Pycnodonte vesiculosa (185661)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tunisia (Sidi Bou Zid) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (108971)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Pycnodonte vesiculosum (140949)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Afghanistan (Baghlan) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (78089)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Angola Ostrea vesiculosa (210893)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Pycnodonte vesiculosa (228245)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Pycnodonte vesiculosa (141007 141015 141019 141020 141022)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Pycnodonte vesiculosum (185811)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Libya Pycnodonte vesiculosum (208630 208632 208634 208635 208636)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Pycnodonte vesiculosa (228244 228246)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Pycnodonte vesiculosa (141011 141018)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Afghanistan Gryphaea vesiculosa (186339)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (143567 143654 143671 143686 143706)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (143173 143174 143175)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (63513)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (3158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica Pycnodonte vesiculosa (83550 83551)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Pycnodonte vesiculosa (3166 3169)