WoRMS name details
Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778
394274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394274)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394274 on 2026-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Eschner, A.; Albano, P. G.; Mason, K.; Gallmetzer, I. (2025). An illustrated type catalogue of Born's collection at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Part 1: Mollusca (Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), Brachiopoda. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 101(4): 1691-1745., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.161837
page(s): 1693; note: the type material in NHMW has either been lost or has not been recognised in the main collection to date [details] Available for editors
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redescription Born, I. von. (1780). <i>Testacea Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis, quæ jussu Mariæ Theresiæ Augustæ disposuit et descripsit</i>. pp. i-xxxvi [= 1-36], 1-442, 1-18 pls. Vindobonæ [Vienna]: J. P. Kraus. , available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN574450726
page(s): 107, pl. 7 fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 1693; note: the type material in NHMW has either been lost or has not been recognised in the main collection to date [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Born, I. von. (1780). <i>Testacea Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis, quæ jussu Mariæ Theresiæ Augustæ disposuit et descripsit</i>. pp. i-xxxvi [= 1-36], 1-442, 1-18 pls. Vindobonæ [Vienna]: J. P. Kraus. , available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN574450726
page(s): 107, pl. 7 fig. 2 [details]
