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Ostrea equestris  Say, 1834
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79897

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834)
  
    Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981
  
  Common Name(s): crested oyster [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassPteriomorphia   
                         OrderOstreida   
                            SuperfamilyOstreoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyOstreidae Rafinesque, 1815 – flat oysters, cupped oysters, huîtres plates, huîtres creuses, ostras, ostiones  
                                  SubfamilyOstreinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                     GenusOstrea Linnaeus, 1758 – flat oysters, huîtres plates, ostras  
                                        SpeciesOstrea equestris Say, 1834 – crested oyster  
       

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  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 20-Dec-2024, database (version 20-Dec-24)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Ostrea equestris, crested oyster [English]   
       
  Source: MolluscaBase (October, 2024), database (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org on 2024-10-01. doi:10.14284/448   
  Reference for: Ostrea equestris   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ostrea equestris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Say, Thomas  
  Publication Date: 1834   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. Part 6   
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  Publisher: School Press   
  Publication Place: New Harmony, Indiana, USA   
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  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959545   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shilts, Meghan H., Marcela S. Pascual, and Diarmaid Ó. Foighil  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematic, taxonomic and biogeographic relationships of Argentine flat oysters   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 44, no. 1   
  Page(s): 467-473   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
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  Reference for: Ostrea equestris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Ostrea equestris   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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