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Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
836035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836035)
accepted
Species
Crassostrea belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) · unaccepted
Ostraea belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945 · unaccepted
marine
(of Ostraea belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Ostraea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078
page(s): pl. 7, species no. 11 [details]
page(s): pl. 7, species no. 11 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836035 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Ostraea belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Ostraea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078
page(s): pl. 7, species no. 11 [details]
original description (of Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945) Bartsch, P. (1945). An important new species of oyster from North Borneo suitable for introduction in the Philippines. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 104(16): 1-2, pls. 1-2 [12 December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27082966 [details]
new combination reference Salvi D. & Mariottini P. (2017 [nomenclatural availability: 2016]). Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus <i>Magallana</i> (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(2): 263-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455 [details]
page(s): pl. 7, species no. 11 [details]
original description (of Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945) Bartsch, P. (1945). An important new species of oyster from North Borneo suitable for introduction in the Philippines. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 104(16): 1-2, pls. 1-2 [12 December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27082966 [details]
new combination reference Salvi D. & Mariottini P. (2017 [nomenclatural availability: 2016]). Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus <i>Magallana</i> (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(2): 263-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Magallana belcheri (G.B.Sowerby,1871) Malaysia, Sabah, Sandakan, Sandy Plain)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostrea benefica Holotype USNM 254517) (from synonym Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostrea benefica Holotype USNM 254517) (from synonym Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
