MolluscaBase name details
Amusium japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)
394347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394347)
unaccepted
Species
Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Forma Amusium japonicum f. taiwanense Dijkstra, 1988 accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) (infrasubspecific)
- Subspecies Amusium japonicum formosum T. Habe, 1964 accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Amussium formosum Melvill & Standen, 1907; Amusium japonicum taiwanicum Habe, 1992 is a replacement name)
- Subspecies Amusium japonicum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Amusium japonicum taiwanicum T. Habe, 1992 accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
(of Ostrea japonica 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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amusium japonicum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394347 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Ostrea japonica 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]
context source (HKRMS) ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (HKRMS) ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
