Ostrea stentina

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
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.^[1]^[2]

Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, right valve
Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, left valve
Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, right valve
Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, left valve
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]

^ 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

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[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

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