Isognomon

(For the tree oyster mushroom, see Pleurotus ostreatus.)

Isognomon
Temporal range:
Live Isognomon sp. under a rock in Kona District, Hawaii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Family: Isognomonidae
Genus: Isognomon
Lightfoot, 1786
Type species
Ostrea perna
Linnaeus, 1767
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Isognoma Lightfoot, 1786 (Isognoma is an alternative original spelling for Isognomon)
  • Isognomon (Anisoperna) Iredale, 1939
  • Isognomon (Isognomon) Lightfoot, 1786
  • Isognomon (Melina) Philipsson, 1788
  • Isogonum Röding, 1798
  • Malleoperna Iredale, 1939
  • Melina Philipsson, 1788
  • Parviperna Iredale, 1939
  • Pedalion Dillwyn, 1817
  • Perna Bruguière, 1789
  • Pernaria Rafinesque, 1815
  • Sutura Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Isognomon is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks which is related to the pearl oysters.[1]

Isognomon is known in the fossil record from the Permian period to the Quaternary period (age range: 254.0 to 0.012 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.[2]

Taxonomy

This genus is placed in the family Isognomonidae. However previous molecular phylogeny studies have shown that these tree oysters belong in the family Pteriidae.[3] [4]

Description

These oysters grow to be about 4.75 inches (12.1 cm) in overall length, producing a highly irregular shell with a blue-gray and often heavily encrusted exterior but a smooth and pearly white interior. They use their byssus to completely immobilize themselves to the roots of mangrove trees, corals, and other substrates.[5] It is because of the preference for mangroves that these are sometimes called tree oysters[6]

Species
  • Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791) — Flat tree-oyster
  • Isognomon albisoror (Iredale, 1939)
  • Isognomon australica (Reeve, 1858)
  • Isognomon bicolor (C.B. Adams, 1845)
  • Isognomon californicus (Conrad, 1837)
  • Isognomon dunkeri (P. Fischer, 1881)
  • Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • † Isognomon fortissimus (L. C. King, 1933)
  • Isognomon incisum (Conrad, 1837)
  • Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Isognomon janus Carpenter, 1857
  • Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Isognomon radiatus (Anton, 1838) — Lister's tree oyster
  • Isognomon recognitus (Mabille, 1895)
  • Isognomon vulselloides Macsotay & Campos, 2001

Extinct species
Fossil of Isognomon maxillatus from Pliocene of Italy

Extinct species within this genus include:[2]

  • †Isognomon gariesensis Kensley and Pether 1986
  • †Isognomon gaudichaudi d'Orbigny 1842
  • †Isognomon isognomoides Stahl 1824
  • †Isognomon isognomon Linnaeus 1758
  • †Isognomon isognomonoides Stahl 1824
  • †Isognomon legumen Gmelin 1790
  • †Isognomon maxillatus Lamarck 1819
  • †Isognomon nucleus Lamarck 1819
  • †Isognomon quadrisulcata Ihering 1897
  • †Isognomon valvanoi Rossi de Garcia and Levy 1977
  • † Isognomon wellmani Crampton, 1988
Species brought into synonymy
  • Isognomon acutirostris (Dunker, 1869): synonym of Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Isognomon anomioides (Reeve, 1858): synonym of Isognomon australica (Reeve, 1858)
  • Isognomon aviculare (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Isognomon brevirostre Link, 1807: synonym of Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Isognomon dentifer (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Isognomon isognomon (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Isognomon roberti Koch, 1953: synonym of Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Isognomon rude (Reeve, 1858): synonym of Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Isognomon rupella (Dufo, 1840): synonym of Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Isognomon sulcatum Lamarck: synonym of Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Isognomon vulsella (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791)

References
  1. Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 March 2011.
  2. Fossilworks
  3. Temkin, I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea), BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:342
  4. Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp
  5. Arthur Peter Hoblyn Oliver (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Firefly. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-55297-943-3.
  6. Papuaweb Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM
  • Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
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