WoRMS name details
Saxostrea amasa Iredale, 1939
543414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:543414)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine
Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 399, pl. 7 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 399, pl. 7 fig. 8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Saxostrea amasa Iredale, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=543414 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 399, pl. 7 fig. 8 [details]
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]
page(s): 399, pl. 7 fig. 8 [details]
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Lukehurst, S. S.; Tan, S. K.; Tan, K. S.; Dehm, J.; Hewavitharane, C.; Wells, F. E. (2026). Clarifying the identities of <i>Saccostrea scyphophilla</i> (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) and <i>S. mordax</i> (Gould, 1850) (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5799(1): 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5799.1.1
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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