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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Dendostrea sandvichensis (Sowerby in Reeve, 1871)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea sandvichensis Sowerby in Reeve, 1871
   Ostrea crenulifera Saville-Kent, 1891
   Ostrea kapua Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
   Ostrea nomades Iredale, 1939

Common Name

Green Oyster p.149 [as Ostrea nomades]      Thomson, J.M. 1954.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

substrate: coral 
substrate: shell [ attached to other shell or substrate {LAMPRELL1998A} ]

References

 Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. p.113-114, pl. 31, figs. 1-8 Synonomy
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.12 [ as Ostrea nomades ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.539, fig. 158C, 173A-B General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.132 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.132 
 Thomson, J.M. 1954. p.149, pl. 4, figs. 1-3 [ as Ostrea nomades ]  Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Lophinae Vyalov, 1936
                        Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
                          Dendostrea sandvichensis (Sowerby in Reeve, 1871)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20860) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-02.