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Ostrea stentina

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Species of bivalve

Ostrea stentina
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil valve of Ostrea stentina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Ostrea
Species: O. stentina
Binomial name
Ostrea stentina
Payraudeau, 1826
Synonyms
  • Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981
  • Ostrea capsa Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Ostrea curvata Risso, 1826
  • Ostrea edulis var. mimetica de Gregorio, 1884
  • Ostrea guineensis Dunker, 1853
  • Ostrea obesa G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  • Ostrea pauciplicata Deshayes, 1835
  • Ostrea prevostii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  • Ostrea sicula Gregorio, 1884
  • Ostrea stentina var. isseli Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887
  • Ostrea stentina var. prepratxi Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887
  • Ostreola crustacea Monterosato, 1915
  • Ostreola parenzani Settepassi in Parenzan, 1974
  • Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau, 1826)

Ostrea stentina is a species of oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.

  • Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, right valve Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, right valve
  • Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, left valve Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, left valve
  • Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, right valve Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, right valve
  • Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, left valve Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, left valve
  • Fossil Fossil

Fossil records

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Miocene (age range: 7.246 to 0.126 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy, Angola, Namibia and Algeria.

Distribution

This species has a Mediterranean distribution.

References

  1. WoRMS
  2. Biolib
  3. Fossilworks
  4. WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  5. Sylvie Lapègue, Inès Ben Salah, Frederico M. Batista, Serge Heurtebise, Lassad Neifar and Pierre Boudry Phylogeographic study of the dwarf oyster, Ostreola stentina, from Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia: evidence of a geographic disjunction with the closely related taxa, Ostrea aupouria and Ostreola equestris
  • Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy
Taxon identifiers
Ostrea stentina


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