Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae

Ostrea (Eostrea) angasi Sowerby, 1871

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea angasi Sowerby, 1871
   Ostrea rutipina Tenison-Woods, 1878
   Ostrea sinuata Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Common Name

Common mud oyster p.310      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Port Lincoln oyster p.144      Thomson, J.M. 1954.
Stewart Island oyster p.144      Thomson, J.M. 1954.
Tasmanian flat oyster p.1      Arakawa, K.Y. 1990.
Southern Flat Oyster p.46, pl.47A      Wilson, B 2002.
Mud Oyster p.31, pl.63      Coleman, N. 1975.

Distribution

Keywords

habit: byssally attached [ from completion of larval stage to full growth when it lies free below low water ]
habitat: intertial flats [ ]
substrate: mud
substrate: rocks [ attached to rock or debris in shallow water {LAMPRELL1998A} ]

References

Allan, J. 1950. p.273, fig. 1, text-fig. 67 [ as Ostrea sinuata ] General reference
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.84-85 [ as Ostrea sinuata ] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.12 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.132 General reference
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.310-312, fig. 353 General reference
Thomson, J.M. 1954. p.143-145, pl. 1, figs. 1-3 Contains synonymy
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Ostreinae Rafineque, 1815
                        Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
                          Ostrea (Eostrea) Ihering, 1907
                            Ostrea (Eostrea) angasi Sowerby, 1871
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20030) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-19.