Species Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck, 1819)
Saddle Oyster
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea trapezina Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [206].
Type data:
Status unknown, Shark Bay, Western Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck, 1819). —
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) [56]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, subtidal.
General References
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, includes south China and Sabah, Borneo in distribution)
Thomson, J.M. 1954. The genera of oysters and the Australian species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 132-168 [145-146, pl. 1, fig. 4; pl. 2, figs 1-2] (contains 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) [56, 57, pl. 11, figs 4a-4c]
Common Name References
Thomson, J.M. 1954. The genera of oysters and the Australian species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 132-168 [145] (Saddle 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) |
| 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 |