WoRMS taxon details
Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
506706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506706)
accepted
Species
Crassostrea (Crassostrea) brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Crassostrea (Crassostrea) tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Crassostrea brasiliensis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of specific epithet)
Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassostrea paraibanensis Singarajah, 1980 · unaccepted
Gryphaea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891) · unaccepted
Ostraea parasitica Gmelin, 1791 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Ostrea adansoni Rochebrune, 1905 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Ostrea bicolor Hanley, 1846 · unaccepted
Ostrea brasiliana Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ostrea gallina Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Ostrea gasar Dautzenberg, 1891 · unaccepted
Ostrea morenasi Rochebrune, 1905 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Ostrea webbi Récluz, 1851 · unaccepted
marine
(of Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 205 [details]
page(s): 205 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506706 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Crassostrea paraibanensis Singarajah, 1980) Singarajah, K.V. 1980. On the taxonomy, ecology and physiology of a giant oyster, <i>Crassostrea paraibanensis</i>, new species. <i>Bulletin of Marine Science</i>, 30(4): 833-847., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000004/art00006 [details]
original description (of Ostrea bicolor Hanley, 1846) Hanley, S. (1846). A description of new species of <i>Ostreae</i>, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 105-107.
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Ostrea brasiliana Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Ostrea gallina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 205 [details]
original description (of Ostrea webbi Récluz, 1851) Récluz, C. A. (1851). Description de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 2: 256-259, pl. 7 fig. 5, pl. 8 fig. 1, 2, 9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855131
page(s): 256, pl. 8 fig. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Ostrea gasar Dautzenberg, 1891) Dautzenberg, P. (1891). Voyage de la goëlette Melita aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890: Mollusques Testacés. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 16-65, pl. 3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114227
page(s): 54; note: name made available by usage as valid name with reference to the pre-Linnean description and figure of Adanson (1757) [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]
original description (of Ostrea bicolor Hanley, 1846) Hanley, S. (1846). A description of new species of <i>Ostreae</i>, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 105-107.
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Ostrea brasiliana Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Ostrea gallina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 205 [details]
original description (of Ostrea webbi Récluz, 1851) Récluz, C. A. (1851). Description de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 2: 256-259, pl. 7 fig. 5, pl. 8 fig. 1, 2, 9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855131
page(s): 256, pl. 8 fig. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Ostrea gasar Dautzenberg, 1891) Dautzenberg, P. (1891). Voyage de la goëlette Melita aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890: Mollusques Testacés. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 16-65, pl. 3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114227
page(s): 54; note: name made available by usage as valid name with reference to the pre-Linnean description and figure of Adanson (1757) [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]
Taxonomy
status source
Ferreira, J. P. R.; Legat, A. P.; Lazoski, C.; Freire, T. B.; Gomes, C. H. A. D. M.; De Melo, C. R. M. (2023). A historical and integrative taxonomic account of mangrove oyster species native to the Atlantic American coast: A re-evaluation of Brazilian <i>Crassostrea</i> species. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 305: 52-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2023.06.002 [details]
Identification resource
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): 314-315 [details]
page(s): 314-315 [details]
Other
additional source
Kamara, A. (1982). Preliminary studies to culture mangrove oysters, <i>Crassostrea tulipa</i>, in Sierra Leone. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 27(3): 285-294., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0044-8486(82)90063-1 [details]
additional source Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Salvi, D. (2024). The nomenclature of the amphi-Atlantic mangrove oysters. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 309: 98-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.02.004 [details]
additional source Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Salvi, D. (2024). The nomenclature of the amphi-Atlantic mangrove oysters. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 309: 98-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.02.004 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | mangrove oyster [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Ostraea parasitica Gmelin, 1791 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Ostrea bicolor Hanley, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea paraibanensis Singarajah, 1980)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea brasiliana) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea gasar) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea tulipa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea brasiliana Lamarck, 1819)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) Senegal, Thies, M'Bodiene, collected 1986, ex co...
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Ostraea parasitica Gmelin, 1791 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Ostrea bicolor Hanley, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea paraibanensis Singarajah, 1980)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea brasiliana) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea gasar) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crassostrea tulipa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891))
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea brasiliana Lamarck, 1819)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) Senegal, Thies, M'Bodiene, collected 1986, ex co...
