WoRMS name details
Ostrea forskali [sic]
207796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207796)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
- Variety Ostrea forskali var. sueli Jousseaume, 1925 accepted as Saccostrea scyphophilla (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostrea forskahlii Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3336 [details]
page(s): 3336 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ostrea forskali [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207796 on 2026-06-28
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Nomenclature
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(of Ostrea forskahlii Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3336 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
page(s): 3336 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
