Ostrea stentina

Ostrea stentina Temporal range: Miocene - Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

• Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy