MolluscaBase name details
Ostrea maxima Hupé, 1854 †
1598440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598440)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym of Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, <i>In:</i> Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 382–383, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 382–383, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in Chile
type locality contained in Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea maxima Hupé, 1854 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598440 on 2025-09-11
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Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, <i>In:</i> Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 382–383, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 212, pl. 48, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Herm, D. (1969). Marines Pliozän und Pleistozän in Nord- und Mittel-Chile unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der Mollusken- Faunen. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 2: 1-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28274642
page(s): 113, pl. 6, fig. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 382–383, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 212, pl. 48, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Herm, D. (1969). Marines Pliozän und Pleistozän in Nord- und Mittel-Chile unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der Mollusken- Faunen. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 2: 1-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28274642
page(s): 113, pl. 6, fig. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MNHN MNHN-Gg2002/88 [details]
