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Crassostrea Sacco, 1897

Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)Specimen from New Jersey

AphiaID

138297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138297)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)

Parent

Crassostreinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979

Original name

Ostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897

Synonymised names

Crassostrea (Angustostrea) Vialov, 1936 † · alternative representation

Crassostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897 · unaccepted

Crassostrea (Cymbulostrea) Vialov, 1936 † · alternative representation

Dioeciostrea Orton, 1928 · unaccepted (genus name unavailable)

Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 sensu Ranson, 1955 · unaccepted > misapplication

Ostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897 · unaccepted (original rank)

Ostrea (Cymbulostrea) Sacco, 1897 † · unaccepted

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Species Crassostrea aequatorialis (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Crassostrea antarctogigantea Stilwell, 2000 †
Species Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846)
Species Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951)
Species Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck, 1819) †
Species Crassostrea cymbula (Lamarck, 1806) †
Species Crassostrea dorsata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1825) †
Species Crassostrea extensa (Deshayes, 1832) †
Species Crassostrea ferrarisi (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) †
Species Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) †
Species Crassostrea mangle Amaral & Simone, 2014
Species Crassostrea mutabilis (Deshayes, 1832) †
Species Crassostrea patagonica (A. d'Orbigny, 1843) †
Species Crassostrea raincourti (Deshayes, 1858) †
Species Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828)
Species Crassostrea sophiae Pacaud, 2022 †
Species Crassostrea sparnacensis (Defrance, 1832) †
Species Crassostrea subangusta (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
Species Crassostrea subarcuata (Deshayes, 1832) †
Species Crassostrea subpunctata (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
Species Crassostrea transitoria (Hupé, 1854) †
Species Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Crassostrea vectensis (J. Morris, 1856) †
Species Crassostrea vindinonensis Pacaud, 2024 †
Species Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Subgenus Crassostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897 accepted as Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
1. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) aequatorialis (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Crassostrea aequatorialis (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
2. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
3. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) columbiensis (Hanley, 1846) accepted as Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846)
4. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951) accepted as Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951)
5. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) mangle Amaral & Simone, 2014 accepted as Crassostrea mangle Amaral & Simone, 2014
6. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828) accepted as Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828)
7. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
8. Species Crassostrea (Crassostrea) virginica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Subgenus Crassostrea (Magallana) Salvi & Mariottini, 2016 accepted as Magallana Salvi & Mariottini, 2016
1. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) angulata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819)
2. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) ariakensis (Fujita, 1913) accepted as Magallana ariakensis (Fujita, 1929)
3. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) accepted as Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
4. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) bilineata (Röding, 1798) accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
5. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) cuttackensis (R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912) accepted as Magallana cuttackensis (R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912)
6. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) dactylena (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Magallana dactylena (Iredale, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
7. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) dianbaiensis (J.-J. Xia, X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2014) accepted as Magallana dianbaiensis (J.-J. Xia, X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2014)
8. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
9. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) sensu R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912 accepted as Magallana cuttackensis (R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912) (unaccepted > misapplication)
10. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton, 2003) accepted as Magallana hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton, 2003)
11. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) markushuberi Thach, 2018 accepted as Magallana markushuberi (Thach, 2018)
12. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) nippona (Seki, 1934) accepted as Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)
13. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) rivularis (A. Gould, 1861) accepted as Magallana rivularis (A. Gould, 1861) (superseded combination)
14. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) saidii Wong & Sigwart, 2021 accepted as Magallana saidii (Wong & Sigwart, 2021)
15. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) sikamea (Amemiya, 1928) accepted as Magallana sikamea (Amemiya, 1928)
16. Species Crassostrea (Magallana) valentichscotti Thach, 2018 accepted as Magallana valentichscotti (Thach, 2018)
Subgenus Crassostrea (Talonostrea) X.-X. Li & Z.-Y. Qi, 1994 accepted as Talonostrea X.-X. Li & Z.-Y. Qi, 1994
1. Species Crassostrea (Talonostrea) talonata X.-X. Li & Z.-Y. Qi, 1994 accepted as Talonostrea talonata X.-X. Li & Z.-Y. Qi, 1994
2. Species Crassostrea (Talonostrea) zhanjiangensis X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2013 accepted as Talonostrea zhanjiangensis (X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2013)
Species Crassostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Saccostrea scyphophilla (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
Species Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita, 1929) accepted as Magallana ariakensis (Fujita, 1929)
Species Crassostrea belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) accepted as Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
Species Crassostrea bilineata (Röding, 1798) accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
Species Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Crassostrea brasiliensis [sic] accepted as Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) (misspelling of specific epithet)
Species Crassostrea chilensis (Küster, 1844) accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (synonym)
Species Crassostrea commercialis (Iredale & Roughley, 1933) accepted as Saccostrea glomerata (A. Gould, 1850)
Species Crassostrea cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Crassostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
Species Crassostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crassostrea cuttackensis (R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912) accepted as Magallana cuttackensis (R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912)
Species Crassostrea dactylena (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Magallana dactylena (Iredale, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crassostrea denticulata (Born, 1778) accepted as Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778)
Species Crassostrea dianbaiensis J.-J. Xia, X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2014 accepted as Magallana dianbaiensis (J.-J. Xia, X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2014) (original combination)
Species Crassostrea discoidea (A. Gould, 1850) accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Crassostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) accepted as Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Species Crassostrea forskahlii (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
Species Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg, 1891) accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Crassostrea gigantissima (J. Finch, 1824) † accepted as Striostrea gigantissima (J. Finch, 1824) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crassostrea gingensis (Schlotheim, 1813) † accepted as Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Crassostrea graphoides [sic] accepted as Magallana cuttackensis (R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, and misapplication of Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1913))
Species Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1813) sensu R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912 accepted as Magallana cuttackensis (R. B. Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912) (unaccepted > misapplication)
Species Crassostrea guyanensis Ranson, 1967 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Crassostrea hongkongensis Lam & B. Morton, 2003 accepted as Magallana hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton, 2003) (original combination)
Species Crassostrea inaequivalvis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) accepted as Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Crassostrea ingens (Zittel, 1865) † accepted as Magallana ingens (Zittel, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crassostrea iredalei (Faustino, 1932) accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
Species Crassostrea iridescens (Hanley, 1854) accepted as Striostrea prismatica (Gray, 1825)
Species Crassostrea laperousii (Schrenck, 1862) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Crassostrea lugubris (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
Species Crassostrea madrasensis (Preston, 1916) accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Crassostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Crassostrea markushuberi Thach, 2018 accepted as Magallana markushuberi (Thach, 2018) (original combination)
Species Crassostrea nelsoniana (Zittel, 1865) † accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (doubtful synonym)
Species Crassostrea nippona (Seki, 1934) accepted as Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)
Species Crassostrea paraibanensis Singarajah, 1980 accepted as Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Crassostrea paulucciae (Crosse, 1869) accepted as Planostrea pestigris (Hanley, 1846)
Species Crassostrea posjetica (Razin, 1934) accepted as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
Species Crassostrea rivularis (A. Gould, 1861) accepted as Magallana rivularis (A. Gould, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crassostrea sikamea (Amemiya, 1928) accepted as Magallana sikamea (Amemiya, 1928)
Species Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse, 1862) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Crassostrea talonata (X.-X. Li & Z.-Y. Qi, 1994) accepted as Talonostrea talonata X.-X. Li & Z.-Y. Qi, 1994
Species Crassostrea valentichscotti Thach, 2018 accepted as Magallana valentichscotti (Thach, 2018) (original combination)
Species Crassostrea vitrefacta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) accepted as Saccostrea spathulata (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Crassostrea zhanjiangensis X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2013 accepted as Talonostrea zhanjiangensis (X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu, 2013) (superseded combination)
Subgenus Crassostrea (Angustostrea) Vialov, 1936 † represented as Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
1. Species Crassostrea (Angustostrea) subangusta (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † accepted as Crassostrea subangusta (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Crassostrea (Cymbulostrea) Vialov, 1936 † represented as Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
1. Species Crassostrea (Cymbulostrea) cymbula (Lamarck, 1806) † accepted as Crassostrea cymbula (Lamarck, 1806) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crassostrea praia (Ihering, 1907) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Ostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897) Sacco F. (1897). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, Parte 23 (Ostreidae, Anomiidae, Dimyidae). Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino. 12(298): 99-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11810051
page(s): 99 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Crassostrea Sacco, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138297 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2011-10-30 10:35:41Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-14 18:15:09Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-10-08 23:28:02Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Dioeciostrea Orton, 1928) Orton J.H. (1928). The dominant species of Ostrea. Nature. 121 (3044): 320-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/121320b0
note: names in this paper are unavailable because there is a disclaimer p. 121 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897) Sacco F. (1897). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, Parte 23 (Ostreidae, Anomiidae, Dimyidae). Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino. 12(298): 99-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11810051
page(s): 99 [details]

original description (of Ostrea (Cymbulostrea) Sacco, 1897 †) Sacco, F. (1897). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIII. Pelecypoda (Ostreidae, Anomiidae e Dimyidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 66 pp., 11 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47330
page(s): 12 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Sacco, F. (1897). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIII. Pelecypoda (Ostreidae, Anomiidae e Dimyidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 66 pp., 11 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47330
page(s): 15 [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]