WoRMS name details

Ostrea tridacnaeformis L. R. Cox, 1927

542265  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542265)

  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 tridacnaeformis (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine
Cox, L. R. (1927). Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Zanzibar Protectorate. In: Anonymous (Eds.): Report on the Palaeontology of the Zanzibar Protectorate based mainly on the collection made by G. M. Stockley. Government of Zanzibar, Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, pp. 13-102, 171–180, pls. 3-19.
page(s): 71, pl. 15, fig. 1a-d [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  BMNH L. 43978, geounit Zanzibar  
Holotype BMNH L. 43978, geounit Zanzibar [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea tridacnaeformis L. R. Cox, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542265 on 2025-04-30
Date
action
by
2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2022-12-14 11:04:40Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Nomenclature

original description Cox, L. R. (1927). Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Zanzibar Protectorate. In: Anonymous (Eds.): Report on the Palaeontology of the Zanzibar Protectorate based mainly on the collection made by G. M. Stockley. Government of Zanzibar, Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, pp. 13-102, 171–180, pls. 3-19.
page(s): 71, pl. 15, fig. 1a-d [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype BMNH L. 43978, geounit Zanzibar [details]

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