Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Gryphaeidae > Subfamily Gryphaeinae > Tribe Gryphaeini

Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

original description

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp.

status source

ICZN. (1955). Opinion 338 Acceptance of the Mesozoic fossil species Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, 1801, as the type species of the nominal genus Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801, and addition of the generic name Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 (class Pelecypoda) to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 10(5): 125-180.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 †. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:526319

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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2022-07-12 by Henk Dekker

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