Liostrea
| Liostrea Temporal range: early Triassic - Cenomanian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Family: | Gryphaeidae |
| Subfamily: | †Gryphaeinae |
| Genus: | †Liostrea Douvillé, 1904 |
Liostrea is a
These
ammonoids
.
Liostrea formed abundant
Liostrea may be the earliest oyster lineage, with possible examples attached to ammonoids of the earliest Triassic. This suggests oysters emerged and rapidly diversified in the wake of the
Permian-Triassic extinction event.[2]
Selected species
- L. erina d'Orbigny[3]
- L. oxiana Romer[3]
- L. plastica Trautschold)[3]
- L. roemeri Quenstedt, 1843[4]
- L. saratoviensis Ivanov 2001[6]
- L. volgensis Ivanov 2001[6]
References
- ISBN 978-0877103783.
- ^ .
- ^ S2CID 82595160.
- ^ S2CID 140573059.
- JSTOR 3515282.
- ^ ISSN 0031-031X.
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