Biology:Ostrea stentina
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Ostrea stentina | |
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| Fossil valve of Ostrea stentina from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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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
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
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q13971785 entry
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