WoRMS name details
Ostrea cornucopia [sic]
542052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542052)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
marine
(of Ostrea cornucopiae 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 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ostrea cornucopia [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542052 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostrea cornucopiae 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 [details]
basis of record Brookes, S. (1815). An introduction to the study of conchology: including observations on the Linnæan genera and on the arrangement of M. Lamarck; a glossary, and a table of English names. John & Arthur Arch, London. pp. i-vii, 1-164, pls 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15924117
page(s): 155 [details]
basis of record Brookes, S. (1815). An introduction to the study of conchology: including observations on the Linnæan genera and on the arrangement of M. Lamarck; a glossary, and a table of English names. John & Arthur Arch, London. pp. i-vii, 1-164, pls 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15924117
page(s): 155 [details]
Other
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)
note: Huber in his Excel listing uses the name Ostrea cornucopia Saville-Kent, 1891, but Saville-Kent (1891) used the spelling Ostrea cornucopiae, a clear reference to this Gmelin, 1791 name. ...
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note: Huber in his Excel listing uses the name Ostrea cornucopia Saville-Kent, 1891, but Saville-Kent (1891) used the spelling Ostrea cornucopiae, a clear reference to this Gmelin, 1791 name. ...
Huber in his Excel listing uses the name Ostrea cornucopia Saville-Kent, 1891, but Saville-Kent (1891) used the spelling Ostrea cornucopiae, a clear reference to this Gmelin, 1791 name. In 1893 Saville-Kent introduced the name cornucopiaeformis for his shells.
