MolluscaBase name details
Ostrea superficialis Forsskål, 1775
393140 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393140)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 123 [details]
page(s): 123 [details]
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea superficialis Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393140 on 2025-09-11
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Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 123 [details]
basis of record 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 Yaron I., Schiotte T. & Wium-Andersen G. (1986). A review of molluscan taxa described by P. Forsskål and C. Niebuhr with citation of original descriptions, discussion of type-material available and selection of some lectotypes.. <i>Steenstrupia, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen 12(10)(1986)</i>: 157-200
page(s): 181-183 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 123 [details]
basis of record 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 Yaron I., Schiotte T. & Wium-Andersen G. (1986). A review of molluscan taxa described by P. Forsskål and C. Niebuhr with citation of original descriptions, discussion of type-material available and selection of some lectotypes.. <i>Steenstrupia, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen 12(10)(1986)</i>: 157-200
page(s): 181-183 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
