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Ostrea virginiana Röding, 1798
542278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542278)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
- Variety Ostrea virginiana var. procyon F. S. Holmes, 1858 † accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea virginiana Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542278 on 2025-09-11
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Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record 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 Rai, H. S. (1929). A short account of the oyster industry in the island of Bombay and Salsette. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 33(4): 893-898, 5 pls, 3 text-figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47490119 [details]
source of synonymy Dall, W. H. (1925). Note on the name of our common oyster. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(4): 121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525102 [details]
basis of record 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 Rai, H. S. (1929). A short account of the oyster industry in the island of Bombay and Salsette. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 33(4): 893-898, 5 pls, 3 text-figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47490119 [details]
source of synonymy Dall, W. H. (1925). Note on the name of our common oyster. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(4): 121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525102 [details]
