WoRMS taxon details
Ostrea angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
397159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397159)
accepted
Species
Monoeciostrea sudaustralis Orton, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostraea angasii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Ostrea angasi var. digitata E. Lamy, 1929 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ostraea angasii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) 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
page(s): pl. 13, species no. 27 [details]
page(s): pl. 13, species no. 27 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397159 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monoeciostrea sudaustralis Orton, 1928) Orton J.H. (1928). The dominant species of <i>Ostrea</i>. <em>Nature.</em> 121 (3044): 320-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/121320b0
note: names in this paper are unavailable because there is a disclaimer p. 121 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ostraea angasii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) 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
page(s): pl. 13, species no. 27 [details]
original description (of Ostrea rutupina sensu Tenison Woods, 1878 not Jeffreys, 1864) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1877: 26-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16149597 [details]
note: names in this paper are unavailable because there is a disclaimer p. 121 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ostraea angasii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) 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
page(s): pl. 13, species no. 27 [details]
original description (of Ostrea rutupina sensu Tenison Woods, 1878 not Jeffreys, 1864) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1877: 26-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16149597 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Although the original spelling of the specific epithet was angasii (double i), the spelling angasi (single i) is conserved under ICZN Art. 33.3.1. [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in French part of the Bay of Biscay (Marine Region) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]
