Ostraea mexicana
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Ostraea mexicana G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ostraea mexicana G. B. Sowerby II, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542160 on 2026-08-01
created: 2010-11-10T16:53:17Z
is replaced by: 506729
modified: 2022-10-18T22:13:14Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Ostraea mexicana G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
accepted name usage ID: 506729
class: Bivalvia
family: Ostreidae
genus: Ostraea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus Ostraea. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871].
name published in year: 1870-1871
order: Ostreida
parent name usage ID: 1214497
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
specific epithet: mexicana
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted