OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Ostrea forskalli auct.

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  forskali
Status of Name: Considered Invalid Name       Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.91 
Status of Name: Misidentification 

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Crassostreinae Torigoe, 1981
                        Saccostrea Dolfuss & Dautzenberg, 1920
                          Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778)
                            Ostrea forskalli auct.

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54608) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.