MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Ostraea belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Ostraea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078
page(s): pl. 7, species no. 11 [details]
original description
(of Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945) Bartsch, P. (1945). An important new species of oyster from North Borneo suitable for introduction in the Philippines. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 104(16): 1-2, pls. 1-2 [12 December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27082966 [details]
new combination reference
Salvi D. & Mariottini P. (2017 [nomenclatural availability: 2016]). Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus <i>Magallana</i> (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(2): 263-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455 [details]