MolluscaBase name details
Ostrea madrasensis Preston, 1916
542156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542156)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1916). Report on a collection of Mollusca from the Cochin and Ennur backwaters. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 12(1): 27-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11131455
page(s): 33-34 [details]
page(s): 33-34 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern India
type locality contained in Eastern India [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea madrasensis Preston, 1916. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542156 on 2025-09-11
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Preston, H. B. (1916). Report on a collection of Mollusca from the Cochin and Ennur backwaters. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 12(1): 27-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11131455
page(s): 33-34 [details]
additional source Moses, S. T. (1928). A preliminary report on the anatomy and life history of the common edible backwater oyster, <i>Ostrea madrasensis</i>. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 32(3): 548-552, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47556128 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 33-34 [details]
additional source Moses, S. T. (1928). A preliminary report on the anatomy and life history of the common edible backwater oyster, <i>Ostrea madrasensis</i>. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 32(3): 548-552, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47556128 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
