WoRMS taxon details
Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
156924 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156924)
accepted
Species
Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): 6: lviii [details]
page(s): 6: lviii [details]
Distribution Virginia to Texas and West Indies. Brazil
Distribution Virginia to Texas and West Indies. Brazil [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea equestris Say, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156924 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): 6: lviii [details]
original description (of Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981) Dinamani P. & Beu A. (1981). Description of a new species of incubatory oyster from northern New Zealand, with notes on its ecology and reproduction. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 15: 109-119. [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 6: lviii [details]
original description (of Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981) Dinamani P. & Beu A. (1981). Description of a new species of incubatory oyster from northern New Zealand, with notes on its ecology and reproduction. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 15: 109-119. [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Hu L. [Lisha], Wang H. [Haiyan], Zhang Z. [Zhen], Li, C. [Cui] & Guo X. [Ximing]. (2019). Classification of small flat oysters of <i>Ostrea stentina</i> species complex and a new species <i>Ostrea neostentina</i> sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 38(2): 295-308., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.038.0210 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
note: treated as synonym of O. stentina [details]
additional source Ogle, J. (1976). The occurrence of the date mussel, <i>Lithophaga bisulcata</i> (Mytilidae) in living oysters off Galveston, Texas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 90(2): 74-76, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276439 [details]
[request]context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
note: treated as synonym of O. stentina [details]
additional source Ogle, J. (1976). The occurrence of the date mussel, <i>Lithophaga bisulcata</i> (Mytilidae) in living oysters off Galveston, Texas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 90(2): 74-76, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276439 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Ireland (Nation) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Virginia to Texas and West Indies. Brazil [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostrea equestris)
To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (179 nucleotides; 88 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To Malacopics (Ostrea equestris Say,1834 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.067817; Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981; holotype) (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostrea equestris)
To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (179 nucleotides; 88 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To Malacopics (Ostrea equestris Say,1834 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.067817; Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981; holotype) (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
