WoRMS taxon details
Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) †
1036422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1036422)
accepted
Species
Crassostrea gingensis (Schlotheim, 1813) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gryphaea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostracites gingensis Schlotheim, 1813 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (and junior subjective synonym)
Ostracites gryphoides Schlotheim, 1813 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostraea pseudocrassissima T. Fuchs, 1878 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea angustata de Serres, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea canaliculata de Serres, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea crassissima Lamarck, 1819 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea grandis de Serres, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1820) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostrea obliquata de Serres, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea ponderosa de Serres, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Crassostrea gryphoides dwarkaensis C. Li, M. Haws, H.-Y. Wang & X.-M. Guo, 2017 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no holotype fixation)
- Subspecies Crassostrea gryphoides tanintharyiensis C. Li, M. Haws, H.-Y. Wang & X.-M. Guo, 2017 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no holotype fixation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Ostracites gryphoides Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 52; note: based on Fichtel (1780), pl. 4 and 5 [details]
page(s): 52; note: based on Fichtel (1780), pl. 4 and 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy, Romania
type locality contained in Italy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Romania [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Romania [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1036422 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostracites gryphoides Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 52; note: based on Fichtel (1780), pl. 4 and 5 [details]
original description (of Ostraea pseudocrassissima T. Fuchs, 1878 †) Fuchs, T. (1878). Die geologische Beschaffenheit der Landenge von Suez. <em>Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 38(2): 25-42, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6684225
page(s): 41, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Ostracites gingensis Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Ostrea crassissima Lamarck, 1819 †) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 217 [details]
original description (of Ostrea ponderosa de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Ostrea grandis de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 146, pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Ostrea canaliculata de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 147, pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Ostrea angustata de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 148, pl. 2 fig. 3-5 [details]
original description (of Ostrea obliquata de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 149, pl. 2 fig. 6, pl. 3 fig. 1-2 [details]
basis of record Sigwart, J. D.; Wong, N. L. W. S.; Esa, Y. (2021). Global controversy in oyster systematics and a newly described species from SE Asia (Bivalvia: Ostreidae: Crassostreinae). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 51(5)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01203-x [details]
page(s): 52; note: based on Fichtel (1780), pl. 4 and 5 [details]
original description (of Ostraea pseudocrassissima T. Fuchs, 1878 †) Fuchs, T. (1878). Die geologische Beschaffenheit der Landenge von Suez. <em>Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 38(2): 25-42, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6684225
page(s): 41, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Ostracites gingensis Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Ostrea crassissima Lamarck, 1819 †) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 217 [details]
original description (of Ostrea ponderosa de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Ostrea grandis de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 146, pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Ostrea canaliculata de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 147, pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Ostrea angustata de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 148, pl. 2 fig. 3-5 [details]
original description (of Ostrea obliquata de Serres, 1843 †) Serres, M. de. (1843). Observations sur les grandes huîtres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20: 142-168, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405788
page(s): 149, pl. 2 fig. 6, pl. 3 fig. 1-2 [details]
basis of record Sigwart, J. D.; Wong, N. L. W. S.; Esa, Y. (2021). Global controversy in oyster systematics and a newly described species from SE Asia (Bivalvia: Ostreidae: Crassostreinae). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 51(5)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01203-x [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Dollfus, G. F. & Dautzenberg, P. (1902-1920). Conchyliologie du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire. 1re Partie: Pélécypodes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> 27: 1-106 (1902); 107-162 (1904); 163-240 (1906); 241-296 (1909); 297-378 (1913); 379-500, pls 34-51 (1920)., available online at http:// https://patrimoine.sorbonne-universite.fr/idurl/1/2879
page(s): 465-471; note: first revisers giving precedence (as Ostrea (Crassostrea) gryphoides) to the name gryphoides Schlotheim, 1813 over gingensis introduced in the same book [details]
page(s): 465-471; note: first revisers giving precedence (as Ostrea (Crassostrea) gryphoides) to the name gryphoides Schlotheim, 1813 over gingensis introduced in the same book [details]
Other
additional source
Hoşgör, I. (2008). Presence of <i>Crassostrea gryphoides</i> (Schlotheim) from the Lower-Middle Miocene sequence of Kahramanmaraş Basin (SE Turkey): Its taxonomy, paleoecology and paleogeography. <em>Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration.</em> 136: 17-28., available online at https://dergi.mta.gov.tr/article/show/219.html [details]
additional source Sawant, M. S. & Ranade, A. M. (2002). Edible oysters of the genus <i>Crassostrea</i> Sacco 1897, along the Ratnagiri Coast, Maharashtra, India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 99(1): 44-46 [1 April 2002]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48603881
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 62, pl. IX, fig. 1-2; pl. X, fig. 1-4 [details]
additional source Sawant, M. S. & Ranade, A. M. (2002). Edible oysters of the genus <i>Crassostrea</i> Sacco 1897, along the Ratnagiri Coast, Maharashtra, India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 99(1): 44-46 [1 April 2002]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48603881
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 62, pl. IX, fig. 1-2; pl. X, fig. 1-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Ostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1820) †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea gryphoides)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Ostracites gryphoides Schlotheim, 1813 †)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Crassostrea gryphoides (von SCHLOTHEIM, 1813); Figuré; F.R09967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Ostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1820) †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea gryphoides)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Ostracites gryphoides Schlotheim, 1813 †)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Crassostrea gryphoides (von SCHLOTHEIM, 1813); Figuré; F.R09967)
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
