Species Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Foliate Oyster (for Dendrostrea folium), Imbricated Oyster (for Ostrea bresia), Leaf Oyster
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea erucella Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [202].
- Ostrea bresia Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [393, pl. 7, fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.90528 dry, Seaforth, north of Mackay, Queensland, Australia [20°53‘60‘S 148°58‘1.2‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Torigoe, K. 2004. Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 3(3): 1-63, pls I-XIII, index (1-9) [54, 55] (see reference for additional synonyms)
- Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (see CD for additional synonyms)
Generic Combinations
- Pretostrea bresia (Iredale, 1939).
- Ostrea (Alectryonia) folium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Oostingh, C.H. 1935. Die mollusken des Pliozäns von Boeniajoe (Java). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen, Bandoeng, Dienst van de Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië 26: 1-247 [148] - Alectryonia folium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Oostingh, C.H. 1935. Die mollusken des Pliozäns von Boeniajoe (Java). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen, Bandoeng, Dienst van de Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië 26: 1-247 [148] - Lopha folium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [182] - Ostrea (Lopha) folium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Oostingh, C.H. 1935. Die mollusken des Pliozäns von Boeniajoe (Java). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen, Bandoeng, Dienst van de Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië 26: 1-247 [148] - Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Harry, H.W. 1985. Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). The Veliger 28(2): 121-158 [137]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific, also introduced to the Mediterranean
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached to rocks or other hard substrates
General References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [275, text fig. 2] (p. 276 as Ostrea bresia)
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [182, pl. 66, fig. 2]
Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [152, fig. 462]
Harry, H.W. 1985. Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). The Veliger 28(2): 121-158 [137-138]
Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [402, pl. 7, figs 11, 11a]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [12]
Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2004. The oysters of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae and Gryphaeidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 11-28 [22]
Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2009. Oysters (Bivalvia: Ostraeidae and Gryphaeidae) recorded from Malaysia and Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57(2): 481-494 [488, fig. 5]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [132, fig. 328]
Oostingh, C.H. 1935. Die mollusken des Pliozäns von Boeniajoe (Java). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen, Bandoeng, Dienst van de Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië 26: 1-247 [148, pl. 14, figs 128, 129]
Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W. 2004. A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 221-245 [223, 237]
Thomson, J.M. 1954. The genera of oysters and the Australian species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 132-168 [146-149, pl. 2, figs 3-4, pl. 3, figs 1-4] (as Ostrea folium)
Torigoe, K. 2004. Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 3(3): 1-63, pls I-XIII, index (1-9) [54, 55, pl. 11, figs 3a-3d]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [276] (Imbricated Oyster, Leaf Oyster)
Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2009. Oysters (Bivalvia: Ostraeidae and Gryphaeidae) recorded from Malaysia and Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57(2): 481-494 [488] (Foliate Oyster)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 16-Nov-2015 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
11-Aug-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
11-Aug-2014 | OSTREOIDEA | 12-Sep-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
07-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |