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Lopha
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
None
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Ostreina (oysters)
Superfamily:
Ostreacea
Family:
Ostreidae
Subfamily:
Lophinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lopha RÖDING, 1798, p. 168
Type Species:
Mytilus cristagalli Linné, 1758, p. 704, SD DALL, 1898, p. 672
Images
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Fig. J129,1 ,2. L. (L.) folium (LINNE, 1758), ecomorph I, called L. crislagalli (LINNE, 1758), living, Indo-Pac.; 1a,b, specimens from Ponape 1., Carolines, growth group on Chama shell (la), surface sculpture on ext. (lb), X0.7, X3; 2, specimen from Guam ,howing band of small tubercle'shaped anachomata along margin of commissural shelf of RV, X 1.3 (Stenzel, n). [Specimen by courtesy of H. A. LOWENSTAM, California Inst. Technology, Pasadena, Calif.)--FIG. J130,1. L. (L.) folillm (LINNE, 1758), ecomorph called Ostrea (Pretostrea) brezia by IREDALE, 1939, living, Australia; la,b, right side, posteroventral view, XO.8 (Carter, 1968). [See also Fig. J47.]
Synonyms
Alectryonia, Alectrionia, Dendostrea, Dendostraea, Dendrostrea, Alectronia, Actryonia, Alcetryonia, Alectryouia, Ostrea (Pretostrea), Alektryonia, Alectryossia
Geographic Distribution
Mostly trop. and partly subtrop., worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Triassic
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Recent
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Small to medium-sized (to about 11 cm long), both valves convex, subequivalve, with 6 to more than 50 sharp radial plicae. Triassic-Recent, mostly tropical and partly subtropical, worldwide.
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimcliorum e tribus regnis naturae, quae olim collegerat loa. Fried. Bolten: v. 2, viii +199 p., Typus Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
None
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Ostreina (oysters)
Superfamily:
Ostreacea
Family:
Ostreidae
Subfamily:
Lophinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lopha RÖDING, 1798, p. 168
Type Species:
Mytilus cristagalli Linné, 1758, p. 704, SD DALL, 1898, p. 672
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. J129,1 ,2. L. (L.) folium (LINNE, 1758), ecomorph I, called L. crislagalli (LINNE, 1758), living, Indo-Pac.; 1a,b, specimens from Ponape 1., Carolines, growth group on Chama shell (la), surface sculpture on ext. (lb), X0.7, X3; 2, specimen from Guam ,howing band of small tubercle'shaped anachomata along margin of commissural shelf of RV, X 1.3 (Stenzel, n). [Specimen by courtesy of H. A. LOWENSTAM, California Inst. Technology, Pasadena, Calif.)--FIG. J130,1. L. (L.) folillm (LINNE, 1758), ecomorph called Ostrea (Pretostrea) brezia by IREDALE, 1939, living, Australia; la,b, right side, posteroventral view, XO.8 (Carter, 1968). [See also Fig. J47.]
Synonyms
Alectryonia, Alectrionia, Dendostrea, Dendostraea, Dendrostrea, Alectronia, Actryonia, Alcetryonia, Alectryouia, Ostrea (Pretostrea), Alektryonia, Alectryossia
Geographic Distribution
Mostly trop. and partly subtrop., worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Triassic
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Recent
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Small to medium-sized (to about 11 cm long), both valves convex, subequivalve, with 6 to more than 50 sharp radial plicae. Triassic-Recent, mostly tropical and partly subtropical, worldwide.
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimcliorum e tribus regnis naturae, quae olim collegerat loa. Fried. Bolten: v. 2, viii +199 p., Typus Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).