MolluscaBase name details
Ostraea [sic]
1214497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1214497)
unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others)
Genus
- Species Ostraea affinis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ostraea algoensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea algoensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
- Species Ostraea angasii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ostraea angulata (Lamarck, 1819), sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
- Species Ostraea arakanensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
- Species Ostraea attenuata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850)
- Species Ostraea auriculata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
- Species Ostraea barclayana G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea spathulata (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ostraea belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (original combination)
- Species Ostraea cerata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Parahyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ostraea chiloensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea crenulifera (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ostraea cymbaeformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ostraea dubia G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ostraea floridensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Ostraea hanleyana G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Parahyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ostraea inaequivalvis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ostraea inermis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Hyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (original combination)
- Species Ostraea lactea G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Ostraea lentiginosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Parahyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ostraea lima G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
- Species Ostraea lugubris G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
- Species Ostraea mexicana G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea palmula (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
- Species Ostraea multicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
- Species Ostraea multiradiata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
- Species Ostraea nigromarginata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
- Species Ostraea nobilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Parahyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) accepted as Hyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
- Species Ostraea obesa G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
- Species Ostraea ochracea G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846)
- Species Ostraea palmipes G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Planostrea pestigris (Hanley, 1846)
- Species Ostraea parasitica Gmelin, 1791 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) (misapplication)
- Species Ostraea permollis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea permollis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 (Misspelled genus)
- Species Ostraea plicata Chemnitz, 1785 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836) (misapplication)
- Species Ostraea prevostii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
- Species Ostraea pseudocrassissima T. Fuchs, 1878 † accepted as Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ostraea quercinus G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Hyotissa quercinus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (original combination)
- Species Ostraea radix G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea cristata (Born, 1778)
- Species Ostraea reniformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Ostraea rostralis Lamarck, 1819, sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (misapplication)
- Species Ostraea rostrata Chemnitz, 1785 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) (misapplication)
- Species Ostraea sandvichensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (original combination)
- Species Ostraea solida G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Ostraea spathulata Lamarck, 1819, sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Striostrea prismatica (Gray, 1825) (misapplication)
- Species Ostraea subtrigona G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea subtrigona (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
- Species Ostraea tubercularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
- Species Ostraea tulipa Lamarck, 1819, sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828) (misapplication)
- Species Ostraea vitrefacta G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea spathulata (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ostraea acuticosta Nyst & Galeotti, 1840 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Ostraea lincolnensis C. E. Weaver, 1916 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Ostraea retusa G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Species Ostraea similis Nyst & Galeotti, 1840 † (uncertain > unassessed)
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(of Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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(of Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Ostraea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078 [details]
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Ostraea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078 [details]