Ostrea compressirostra
Species of bivalve
Ostrea compressirostra Temporal range: Zanclean to Gelasian ~4.5 Ma to 1.8 Ma[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Ostrea |
Species: | O. compressirostra |
Binomial name | |
Ostrea compressirostra (Say, 1824) | |
Subspecies | |
O. c. geraldjohnsoni |
Ostrea compressirostra is a species of prehistoric saltwater oyster, a fossil that is found in the Yorktown Formation, Chowan River Formation, Waccamaw Formation, and their equivalents in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (U.S. State).[2] Its maximum size is roughly 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length.
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