Ostrea stentina
Appearance
Ostrea stentina Temporal range:
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Fossil valve of Ostrea stentina from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Ostrea |
Species: | O. stentina
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Binomial name | |
Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
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Synonyms | |
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Ostrea stentina is a species of oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.[1][2]
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Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, right valve
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Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, left valve
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Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, right valve
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Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, left valve
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Fossil
Fossil records
[edit]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.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species has a Mediterranean distribution.[4][5]
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ostrea stentina.
- ^ WoRMS
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Fossilworks
- ^ WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- ^ 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