Species Planostrea pestigris (Hanley, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ostrea pestigris Hanley, S. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Ostrea in the collection of Hugh Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 105-107 [106].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Isle of Luzon (Philippines), on rocks.
• Ostrea rivularis Gould, A.A. 1861. Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition (continued). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 14-40 [39].
• Ostrea paulucciae Crosse, H. 1869. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 3 9: 183-188 [188].
• Ostrea palmipes Sowerby, G.B. 1871. Monograph of the genus Ostraea. pls 1, 6-33 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [pl. 24, fig. 56].

 

Generic Combinations

• Planostrea pestrigis (Hanley, 1846). —
  Harry, H.W. 1985. Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). The Veliger 28(2): 121-158 [134]
• Crassostrea pestrigis (Hanley, 1846). —
  Karasawa, H., Nishimoto, H., Okumura, Y. & Tanaka, T. 1994. The status of Ostrea pestigris Hanley, 1846 and Ostrea rivularis Gould, 1861 (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 21: 64-70, pls 16-18 [64]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific, also recorded from the Mediterranean (Mienis, 2004)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to shell, rock or debris

 

General References

Harry, H.W. 1985. Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). The Veliger 28(2): 121-158 [143]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [440, no. B406] (as Crassostrea pestrigis)

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. (on CD)

Karasawa, H., Nishimoto, H., Okumura, Y. & Tanaka, T. 1994. The status of Ostrea pestigris Hanley, 1846 and Ostrea rivularis Gould, 1861 (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 21: 64-70, pls 16-18 (as Crassostrea pestrigis)

Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2004. The oysters of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae and Gryphaeidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 11-28

Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2009. Oysters (Bivalvia: Ostraeidae and Gryphaeidae) recorded from Malaysia and Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57(2): 481-494

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [134]

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) [43, 44, pl. 9, fig. 4]

 

Common Name References

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) [43] (Palm-footed 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	24-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	OSTREOIDEA	18-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		07-Jan-2011	MODIFIED