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Ostreoidea Rafinesque, 1815
151323 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151323)
accepted
Superfamily
Ostreacea · unaccepted (unaccepted ending for superfamily name)
- Family Arctostreidae Vialov, 1983 †
- Family Chondrodontidae Freneix, 1960 †
- Family Eligmidae Gill, 1871 †
- Family Flemingostreidae Stenzel, 1971
- Family Gryphaeidae Vialov, 1936
- Family Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Crassostreidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 accepted as Crassostreinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
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(of Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Inaba, A. & Torigoe, K. (2004). Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 3: 1-63, pl.1-13, (1)-(9)., available online at https://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=222750 [details]
additional source Stenzel, H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. <em>Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.</em> Vol. 3: i-iv, N953–N1224. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241 [details]
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Inaba, A. & Torigoe, K. (2004). Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 3: 1-63, pl.1-13, (1)-(9)., available online at https://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=222750 [details]
additional source Stenzel, H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. <em>Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.</em> Vol. 3: i-iv, N953–N1224. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241 [details]
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