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Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791

207797  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207797)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Ostreida (Order)
  8. Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Ostreidae (Family)
  10. Ostreinae (Subfamily)
  11. Ostrea (Genus)
  12. Ostrea virginica (Species)
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  1. Variety Ostrea virginica var. lusitanica Osorio, 1916 accepted as Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3336 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207797 on 2024-11-25
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2002-07-24 17:19:06Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-11-19 07:44:55Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-11-19 08:53:28Z
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Huber, Markus
2014-07-16 20:14:19Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2022-09-18 17:10:20Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3336 [details] 

basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [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 [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] 

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 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): 232-233 [details] 

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 150 [details] 

additional source Simpson, C. T. (1889). On a singular case of imitation in <i>Ostrea virginica</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(3): 26-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596400 [details] 

additional source Keep, J. (1891). Mollusks of the San Francisco markets. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 4(9): 97-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596720
page(s): 97-98 [details] 

additional source McLean, R. A. (1939). <i>Ostrea virginica</i> Gmelin from Cape Breton Island. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(3): 107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284621 [details] 
 
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