Canadian Register of Marine Species - Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

WRiMS taxon details

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Ostrea edulis

AphiaID

138298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138298)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Ostraea [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling by...)

incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others

Ostreola Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted

Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Ostrea angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
Species Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844
Species Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
Species Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
Species Ostrea puelchana A. d'Orbigny, 1842
Species Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
Species Ostrea folium Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138298 on 2025-05-31

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138298 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-10-30 10:35:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-13 21:57:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-25 08:59:00Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980) Chanley, P. & Dinamani, P. (1980). Comparative descriptions of some oyster larvae from New Zealand and Chile, and a description of a new genus of oyster, Tiostrea. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 14: 103–120. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

additional source Archer, T. C. (1860). On a species of Ostrea taken from the copper sheathing on the bottom of a vessel in the Liverpool Graving Docks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 3, 5: 404-405., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320904
page(s): 404-405 [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]