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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Crassostrea belcheri (Sowerby, 1871)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea cornucopiae Lamarck, 1819
   Ostrea belcheri Sowerby, 1871
   Unknown Ostrea madrasensis Preston, 1916

Common Name

Belcher's oyster or hoi takrom kram khao, hoi nangrom, hoy yai (Th.) p.103      Nateewathana, A. 1995.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHainan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaSouth China Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaCambodia
     Try, I. 2001. p.391 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.61 

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ to 5m ]
substrate: rocks 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.46 General reference
 Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.103 Secondary source
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. p.68, pl. 11, fig. 1 [ as Ostrea madrasensis ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Crassostreinae Torigoe, 1981
                        Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
                          Crassostrea belcheri (Sowerby, 1871)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61276) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-27.