Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13., 1: pars. 6. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=36038
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Ostreida
- family
- Ostreidae
- genus
- Crassostrea
- species
- Crassostrea virginica
Name
- Homonyms
- Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791
- Common names
- American oyster in English
- Amerikanische Auster in German
- eastern oyster in English
Bibliographic References
- Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris.
- Dyntaxa (2021-08-16 11:49:00) Name originating in Dyntaxa.
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6.
- Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 338 Acceptance of the Mesozoic fossil species Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, 1801, as the type species of the nominal genus Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801, and addition of the generic name Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 (class Pelecypoda) to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10(5), 125-180 (1955)
- Keep, J. (1891). Mollusks of the San Francisco markets. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 4(9): 97-100.
- McLean, R. A. (1939). <i>Ostrea virginica</i> Gmelin from Cape Breton Island. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(3): 107.
- Simpson, C. T. (1889). On a singular case of imitation in <i>Ostrea virginica</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(3): 26-27.
- WoRMS Editorial Board (2020-01-08 15:54:00) World Register of Marine Species