OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Crassostrea vitrefacta (Sowerby, 1871)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea vitrefacta Sowerby, 1871

Distribution

Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Taiwan, Okinawa

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapanRyukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto)Okinawa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaSouth China Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaTaiwan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ to 20 m ]
substrate: rocks 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.46-47 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61792) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-08. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-08.