Marine Species Traits - Ostrea gigantica Solander, 1766 †

MolluscaBase name details

Ostrea gigantica Solander, 1766 †

AphiaID

1573468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1573468)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Pycnodonte gigantica (Solander, 1766) †

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Gigantostrea Sacco, 1897 †

Parent

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Ostrea gigantica Solander, 1766 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Brander, G. (1766). Fossilia hantoniensia collecta, et in musaeo britannico deposita. Solander, London, vi + 43 pp., 9 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55519282
page(s): 36; pl. 8, fig. 88 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Great Britain

type locality contained in Great Britain [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ostrea gigantica Solander, 1766 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1573468 on 2024-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-03-31 08:44:10Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-08-18 15:31:30Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

Licensing

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original description Brander, G. (1766). Fossilia hantoniensia collecta, et in musaeo britannico deposita. Solander, London, vi + 43 pp., 9 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55519282
page(s): 36; pl. 8, fig. 88 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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