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Ostrea pusilla Brocchi, 1814
1511625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1511625)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 569 [details]
page(s): 569 [details]
Status Sacco (1897) stated that the species might be a juvenile of "Ostreola forskalii (Chemn.)" [= Saccostrea cuccullata (Born,...
Status Sacco (1897) stated that the species might be a juvenile of "Ostreola forskalii (Chemn.)" [= Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)]. Also, it is a junior homonym of Ostrea pusilla Gmelin, 1791. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea pusilla Brocchi, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1511625 on 2025-09-11
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Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 569 [details]
status source Sacco, F. (1897). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIII. Pelecypoda (Ostreidae, Anomiidae e Dimyidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 66 pp., 11 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47330
page(s): 17, pl. 5, figs 4, 5 [details]
page(s): 569 [details]
status source Sacco, F. (1897). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIII. Pelecypoda (Ostreidae, Anomiidae e Dimyidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 66 pp., 11 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47330
page(s): 17, pl. 5, figs 4, 5 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Sacco (1897) stated that the species might be a juvenile of "Ostreola forskalii (Chemn.)" [= Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)]. Also, it is a junior homonym of Ostrea pusilla Gmelin, 1791. [details]
