Ostrea stentina

Ostrea stentina
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Fossil valve of Ostrea stentina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
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. [1][2]

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. [3]

Distribution

This species has a Mediterranean distribution. [4][5]

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS
  2. ↑ Biolib
  3. ↑ Fossilworks
  4. ↑ WMSDB - Wolrdwide 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


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