MolluscaBase name details
Ostrea vectensis J. Morris, 1856 †
1573477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1573477)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 150; pl. 3 fig. 9a,b [details]
page(s): 150; pl. 3 fig. 9a,b [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea vectensis J. Morris, 1856 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1573477 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 150; pl. 3 fig. 9a,b [details]
page(s): 150; pl. 3 fig. 9a,b [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
