Species Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758

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• Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [699, no. 180].
• Ostrea rostrata Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3336, no. 112].
• Ostrea saxatilis Turton, W. 1807. pp. 132, 207-208 in, The British Fauna, containing a compendium of the Zoology of the British Islands. Swansea : J. Evans. [102].
• Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi, G. 1814. Conchiliogia fossile subapennina, con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano : Stamperia Reale Vol. 2 pp. 241-712. [564].
• Ostrea hippopus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [203, no. 2].
• Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [204, no. 4].
• Ostrea ruscuriana Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [206, no. 17].
• Ostrea elliptica Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [209, no. 29].
• Ostrea cyrnusi Payraudeau, B.C. 1826. Catalogue descriptif et methodique des annelides et mollusques de I'ile de Corse. Paris pp. 1-7, 1-218. [79, pl. 3, figs 1, 2].
• Ostrea boblayei Deshayes, G.P. 1830-1833. 1833, Vol. 3. pp. i-xxxi, 1-398 in Lyell, C. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. London : John Murray 3 vols. [122].
• Ostrea uncinata Deshayes, G.P. 1830-1833. 1833, Vol. 3. pp. i-xxxi, 1-398 in Lyell, C. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. London : John Murray 3 vols. [126, pl. 18, figs 9-11].
• Ostrea depressa Philippi, R.A. 1836. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae cum Viventium tum in Tellure Tertiaria Fossilium, Quae in Itinere suo Observavit Auctor. Berolini Vol. 1. pp. i-xiv, 1-268, 12 pls. [89, pl. 6, fig. 3].
• Ostrea cornucopiae Philippi, R.A. 1836. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae cum Viventium tum in Tellure Tertiaria Fossilium, Quae in Itinere suo Observavit Auctor. Berolini Vol. 1. pp. i-xiv, 1-268, 12 pls. [89] [junior homonym; not Ostrea cornucopiae Gmelin, 1791].
• Ostrea taurica Krynicki, J. 1837. Conchylia tam terrestria, quam fluviatilia et e maribus adjacentibus Imperii Rossici indigena, quæ pro mutua offeruntur historiæ naturalis culturibus commutatione. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 1837(2): 50-64 [61, pl. 3].
• Ostrea corbuloides Danilo e Sandri 1855. Elenco nominale dei molluschi lamellibranchiati marittimi raccolti nei contorni di Zara. [12].
• Ostrea edulis var. purpurea Hanley, S. 1856. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of recent bivalve shells. London : Williams & Norgate pp. 273-288. [296] (Hanley, 1854 cited).
• Ostrea edulis var. rutupina Jeffreys J.G. 1863. British Conchology. London : van Voorst Vol. 2 479 pp. [Date published 1864] [39].
• Ostrea edulis tincta Jeffreys J.G. 1863. British Conchology. London : van Voorst Vol. 2 479 pp. [Date published 1864] [39].
• Ostrea edulis crassa Weinkauff H.C. 1867. Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologisches Verbreitung. Cassel : T. Fischer Vol. 1 pp. I-XIX, 1-307. [272].
• Ostrea edulis tarentina Issel, A. 1882. Istruz. prat. Ostricolt. [24].
• Ostrea edulis venetiana Issel, A. 1882. Istruz. prat. Ostricolt. [26].
• Ostrea edulis tyrrhena Issel, A. 1882. Istruz. prat. Ostricolt. [27].
• Ostrea scaeva Monterosato, M. di 1915. Ostreae ed Anomiae del Mediterraneo. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 3 7 (47): 7-16, pl. I-IV [9, pl. 1, figs 1-2] [Date could be 1916].
• Ostrea dianae Monterosato, M. di 1915. Ostreae ed Anomiae del Mediterraneo. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 3 7 (47): 7-16, pl. I-IV [10] [date could be 1916].
• Ostrea sublamellosa Milaschewitch K.O. 1916. Molliuski cernego i Azovoskogo Morei Fauna Rossi i koprelnih stran. pp. 5-12, 1-312. [171] [junior homonym; not Ostrea sublamellosa Dunker, 1846].

 

Introduction

There is a large volume of literature dealing with this species in Europe, which has not been explored herein.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

General distribution is the north eastern Atlantic and Mediterrenean

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

In sea grass, mud or attached to rock or other substrates

 

General References

Jozefowicz, C.J. & ÓFoighil, D. 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of southern hemisphere flat oysters based on partial mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10(3): 426-435

Morton, B., Lam, K. & Slack-Smith, S. 2003. First report of the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, identified genetically, from Oyster Harbour, Albany, south-western Western Australia. Molluscan Research 23: 199-208

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) [33-36, pl. 7, fig. 2]

Torigoe, K.Oysters in the World. draft in the Australian Museum Sydney, Malacology library. (synonymy used herein)

 

Common Name References

Morton, B., Lam, K. & Slack-Smith, S. 2003. First report of the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, identified genetically, from Oyster Harbour, Albany, south-western Western Australia. Molluscan Research 23: 199-208 [199] (European Flat Oyster)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	17-May-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
	OSTREOIDEA	08-Feb-2011	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)