Gyrostrea sp. A

Musavu Moussavou, Benjamin, 2017, Systematics, palaeoecology and taphonomy of Turonian oysters from the northern Gabon Coastal Basin, Geodiversitas 39 (2), pp. 213-224 : 218-220

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2017n2a3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F4D33955-5823-49E9-BC9A-26DFB03038A7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4536467

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A9D86F-FA7E-FFDF-3B32-907758D09621

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Gyrostrea sp. A
status

 

Gyrostrea sp. A

( Fig. 3 View FIG A)

MATERIAL. — 1 specimen (MDG/LBV/Lm-13).

OCCURRENCE. — Turonian of Gabon (this study).

DESCRIPTION

Shell, represented by LV, is medium, inequilateral, elongated to elliptical shape in outline. Anterior and posterior margin are curved giving semicircular shape of shell. Attachment area is small. Surface rough with growth squamae and few rough rounded irregular ribs well separated from each other.

REMARKS

This species differs to Gyrostrea delettrei ( Coquand, 1862) in having small irregular ribs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Ostreoida

Family

Gryphaeidae

Genus

Gyrostrea

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF