MolluscaBase name details
Ostrea haitensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †
1439286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439286)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Ostrea haytensis [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea haitensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439286 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 53 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 230-231, pl. 9, figs. 1-2 [details]
additional source Mansfield, W. C. (1932). Miocene pelecypods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 8: 7-164, pls. 1-34., available online at https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/00/04/42/00001/UF00000442.pdf
page(s): 55, pl. 9, fig. 1; note: As Osstrea haitensis Sowerby ? [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 257-258; note: As Ostrea haytensis [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 532 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 230-231, pl. 9, figs. 1-2 [details]
additional source Mansfield, W. C. (1932). Miocene pelecypods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 8: 7-164, pls. 1-34., available online at https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/00/04/42/00001/UF00000442.pdf
page(s): 55, pl. 9, fig. 1; note: As Osstrea haitensis Sowerby ? [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 257-258; note: As Ostrea haytensis [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 532 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
