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Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
181316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181316)
accepted
Species
Crassostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Gryphaea cuccullata (Born, 1778) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostrea cornucopiae Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea cuccullata Born, 1778 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostrea purpurea [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Saccostrea cucullata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Subspecies Saccostrea cuccullata glomerata (A. Gould, 1850) accepted as Saccostrea glomerata (A. Gould, 1850) (superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostrea cuccullata Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 100 [details]
page(s): 100 [details]
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original description
(of Ostrea cuccullata Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Ostrea cornucopiae Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Ostrea purpurea [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 139 [details]
taxonomy source Tan, S.K., Wells, F.E., Tan, K.S., Lukehursts, S.S., Morgan, M. & Fotedar, S. (2025). Identity of the enigmatic oyster Saccostrea cuccullata (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Journal of Mollusca Studies.</em> 91: 1-16.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Ohgaki, S.-I. (2013). Population Ecology of a Tropical Oyster Saccostrea Cucullata Near the Northern Limit of Its Range and Its Temperate Congener Saccostrea kegaki during 20 Years. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 71 (1-2): 81-95. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Heng, X.; Li, F.; Xie, D.; Wang, A.; Liu, C.; Yang, Y. (2025). Species diversity of oysters (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in the intertidal zone of Hainan Island revealed by DNA barcoding analysis. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1241: 247-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1241.139908 [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 210. [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 Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 316-317 [details]
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Ostrea cornucopiae Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Ostrea purpurea [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 139 [details]
taxonomy source Tan, S.K., Wells, F.E., Tan, K.S., Lukehursts, S.S., Morgan, M. & Fotedar, S. (2025). Identity of the enigmatic oyster Saccostrea cuccullata (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Journal of Mollusca Studies.</em> 91: 1-16.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Ohgaki, S.-I. (2013). Population Ecology of a Tropical Oyster Saccostrea Cucullata Near the Northern Limit of Its Range and Its Temperate Congener Saccostrea kegaki during 20 Years. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 71 (1-2): 81-95. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Heng, X.; Li, F.; Xie, D.; Wang, A.; Liu, C.; Yang, Y. (2025). Species diversity of oysters (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in the intertidal zone of Hainan Island revealed by DNA barcoding analysis. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1241: 247-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1241.139908 [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 210. [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 Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 316-317 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Rare [details]Introduced species remark in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Need further confirmation [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Invaded from tropical Indo-Pacific [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Unknown [details]
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| English | Natal rock oyster [from synonym] | [details] |
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