Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Bivalvia |
| Order: Ostreida |
| Family: Ostreidae |
| Genus: Cubitostrea |
| Species: Cubitostrea coxi (Gardner, 1945) |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Tamiami Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Questionable/rare] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy:
Previously listed as Ostrea coxi on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life.
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Gardner, 1945, p. 40-41):
“Shell of medium size, trigono-falcate. Right valve much smaller than the left, flattened and sculptured only with concentric laminae. Left valve also compressed but not so much so as the right; sculptured with concentric laminae and with radial lirae; laminae worn down on all individuals but, in fresh specimens, probably free-edged and ruffled, as in Ostrea disparilis; radial liration irregular, strongest near the beak, restricted to the left valve. Beaks very narrow, produced and bent strongly backward. Ligament groove also very narrow, elongated parallel to the anterior dorsal margin. Posterior dorsal margin thickened and denticulate in the right valve and, in both right and left valves, denticulate along the anterior margin almost halfway down to the base. Single muscle scar obliquely pyriform, the narrowed posterior portion direct backward.
Dimensions: Height, right valve, 60 millimeters; left valve, 71 millimeters; width, right valve, 53 millimeters; left valve, 68 millimeters, thickness of double valves (worn): 16.5 millimeters.
Locality: Spoil bank from dredgings of upper Miocene in Tampa Bay off Snell Island, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.
Holotype, paired valves: U.S. National Museum No. 559872. Topotypes, 6 sets of paired valves and one single right valve: U.S. National Museum No. 559873.Ostrea coxi is remarkable for the very narrow curved beaks and the discrepancy between the two valves. The sculpture pattern of both the right and the left valves is similar to that of Ostrea disparilis Conrad with which it is associated, but the outline of the dorsal half of the shell is distinct from the usual oval outline of O. disparilis.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on August 12, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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