African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Ostrea edulis

AphiaID

138298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138298)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815

Orig. name

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Ostraea [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling by...)

incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others

Direct children (27)

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Species Ostrea algoensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
Species Ostrea atherstonei R. B. Newton, 1913
Species Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
Species Ostrea alveatula Jousseaume, 1925 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807)
Species Ostrea chemnitzii Hanley, 1846 accepted as Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
Species Ostrea cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 accepted as Dendostrea cristata (Born, 1778)
Species Ostrea cuccullata Born, 1778 accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
Species Ostrea cucullina Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
Species Ostrea denticulata Born, 1778 accepted as Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778) (original combination)
Species Ostrea forskahlii Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
Species Ostrea forskali [sic] accepted as Ostrea forskahlii Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) (misspelling)
Species Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ostrea gasar Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Ostrea hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ostrea imbricata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Hyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea imbricata Gmelin, 1791)
Species Ostrea lacerans [sic] accepted as Dendostrea senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791) (misspelling of Ostrea lacerata)
Species Ostrea margaritacea Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819) (original combination)
Species Ostrea numisma Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819) (original combination)
Species Ostrea plicatula Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791) (basyonym)
Species Ostrea procellosa E. Lamy, 1929 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Ostrea procles Iredale, 1939 accepted as Parahyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Ostrea rivularis A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Magallana rivularis (A. Gould, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138298 on 2024-04-24

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138298 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-10-30 10:35:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-13 21:57:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-25 08:59:00Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

additional source Archer, T. C. (1860). On a species of Ostrea taken from the copper sheathing on the bottom of a vessel in the Liverpool Graving Docks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 3, 5: 404-405., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320904
page(s): 404-405 [details]

redescription 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. [details]