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Dendostrea frons  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79902

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lopha frons (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
    Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
    Mytilus frons Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Ostrea limacella Lamarck, 1819
  
    Ostrea rubella Lamarck, 1819
  
  Common Name(s): frons oyster [English]
  
    frond oyster [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  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  
                                     GenusDendostrea Swainson, 1835  
                                        SpeciesDendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) – frons oyster, frond 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: Dendostrea frons, frons 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: Dendostrea frons   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Dendostrea frons   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dendostrea frons   
       
  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  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dendostrea frons   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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