OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791
Common Name
American or Blue Point Oyster p.537 Kay, E.A. 1979.
Distribution
East coast of North America (St Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico) and the West Indies. Introduced to Hawaii
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands) Introduced
References
Arakawa, K.Y. 1990. p.4-5 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.537, fig. 173F-G General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Ostreina
Ostreoidea
Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
Crassostreinae Torigoe, 1981
Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61380) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-07-02.