Genus Lopha Röding, 1798

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lopha Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [168].

  Type species:

   Mytilus cristagalli Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation.
• Alectryonia Fischer von Waldheim, G. 1807. Museum Demidoff ou Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Moscou : Demidoff Vol. 3 pp. ix + 330, pls I-VI. [269].

  Type species:

   Alectryonia rara Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 by original designation, see Stenzel, H.B. 1971. Vol. 3. Oysters. pp. N953-N1224 in Moore, R.C. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. [N1157].
• Ostrea (Pretostrea) 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 [397].

  Type species:

   Ostrea (Pretostrea) bresia Iredale, 1939 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Harry, H.W. 1985. Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). The Veliger 28(2): 121-158 [135-137]

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. [612]

Kirkendale, L., Lee, T., Baker, P. & ÓFoighil, D. 2004. Oysters of the Conch Republic (Florida Keys): a molecular phylogenetic study of Parahyotissa mcginty, Teskeyostrea weberi and Ostreola equestris. Malacologia 46(2): 309-326 (L. cristagalli included in tha analysis)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [130]

Stenzel, H.B. 1971. Vol. 3. Oysters. pp. N953-N1224 in Moore, R.C. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. [N1157]

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) [52]

 

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)
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)
		06-Jan-2011	MODIFIED