Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 140658

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Pteriomorphia > Ostreida > Ostreoidea > Ostreidae > Ostreinae > Ostrea > Ostrea edulis

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
Parent		Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
Orig. name		Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised names		Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, 1819 Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 sensu Poli, 1795 (misidentification) Ostrea cyrnusii Payraudeau, 1826 Ostrea depressa Philippi, 1836 (invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea depressa Gmelin, 1791) Ostrea edulis var. crassa Weinkauff, 1867 (synonym) Ostrea edulis var. obtusa Requien, 1848 (synonym) Ostrea edulis var. rutupina Jeffreys, 1864 Ostrea edulis var. tarentina Issel, 1882 (synonym) Ostrea edulis var. venetiana Issel, 1882 (synonym) Ostrea hippopus Lamarck, 1819 Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi, 1814 Ostrea leonica Fréminville in Taslé, 1870 Ostrea parasita Turton, 1819 (synonym) Ostrea rostrata Danilo & Sandri, 1856 (synonym) Ostrea striatum da Costa, 1778 Ostrea sublamellosa Milachewitch, 1916 Ostrea taurica Siemaschko, 1847 (synonym) Ostrea taurica Krynicki, 1837 Ostrea vulgare da Costa, 1778
Sources		original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up page(s): 699 [details] basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. (look up in RoR) [details] additional source 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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details] additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] additional source Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] basis of record (of Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 sensu Poli, 1795) Poli J. X. (1795). Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome. vol. 2, pp. 75-264, i-lxxvi, pl. 19-39. Parma, Regio Typographeio., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98950s page(s): 177-778, pl. 28 fig. 25 [details] original description (of Ostrea cyrnusii Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des Annelides et des Mollusques de l'île de Corse. Paris, 218 pp. + 8 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944 page(s): 79-80, pl. 3 fig. 1-2 [details] original description (of Ostrea depressa Philippi, 1836) Philippi R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. Schropp, Berlin [Berolini]: xiv + 267 p., pl. 1-12, available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355&Itemid=167 [details] original description (of Ostrea hippopus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie. Paris: published by the Author, vi + 343 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] original description (of Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. B. (1814) Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano Vol. I: pp. LXXX + 56 + 240; Vol. II, p. 241-712, pl. 1-16 [details] [full text] original description (of Ostrea sublamellosa Milachewitch, 1916) Milaschewitch K. O. (1916). Molliuski cernego i Azovoskogo Morei. Fauna Rossi i koprelnih stran 5-12 pp. 312. [in russo]: , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44223 [details] basis of record (of Ostrea taurica Krynicki, 1837) Krynicki A.J. (1837) Conchylia tam terrestria, quam fluviatilia et e maribus adjacentibus Imperii Rossici indigena, quae pro mutua offeruntur historiae naturalis cultoribus commutatione. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 10(2): 50–64, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41311962 page(s): 61; note: nomen nudum; available from Siemaschko, 1847 [details] original description (of Ostrea vulgare da Costa, 1778) da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British Conchology. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson. xii + 254 + viii pp. 17 pls., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5329027802 page(s): 154-162; pl. 11 fig. 6 [details] original description (of Ostrea edulis var. rutupina Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys J. G. (1862-1869). British Conchology. London, van Voorst : Vol. 1: pp. CXIV + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864] Il frontrespizio reca la data 1863 ma in effetti pubblicato nel 1864. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 page(s): 39 [details] original description (of Ostrea taurica Siemaschko, 1847) Siemaschko, J. v. (1847). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Konchyliens Russlands. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 20(1): 93-131, pl. 1-3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34369569 page(s): 122-123; pl. 3 [details] basis of record (of Ostrea edulis var. crassa Weinkauff, 1867) Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details] original description (of Ostrea edulis var. crassa Weinkauff, 1867) Weinkauff H. C. (1867-1868). Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologisches Verbreitung. T. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: pp. XIX + 307 [1867]. Vol. 2: pp. VI + 512. [1868] , available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=dg0AAAAAQAAJ [details] [show all]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch platte oesteroestereetbare oester  [details] English edible oystercommon oyster  [details] French pied de chevalhuître platehuître comestiblebelon  [details] German essbare Auster  [details]
Direct child taxa (6) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Variety Ostrea edulis var. crassa Weinkauff, 1867 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Variety Ostrea edulis var. mimetica de Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826 (synonym) Variety Ostrea edulis var. obtusa Requien, 1848 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Variety Ostrea edulis var. rutupina Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Variety Ostrea edulis var. tarentina Issel, 1882 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Variety Ostrea edulis var. venetiana Issel, 1882 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Environment		marine
Distribution		From other sources Adriatic Sea North Adriatic [details] Ireland Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Atlantic Ocean European waters (ERMS scope) [details] North Sea Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Sweden Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea Wadden Sea [details]
Host of		Bonamia ostreae Pichot, Comps, Tigé, Grizel & Rabouin, 1980 (parasite) Herrmannella barneae (Pelseneer, 1929) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Herrmannella duggani Holmes & Minchin, 1991 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Myicola ostreae Hoshina & Sugiura, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, 1902 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pseudomyicola spinosus (Raffaele & Monticelli, 1885) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140658
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2004). Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2017). European Register of Marine Species at http://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140658 on 2017-10-24
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