Species Dendostrea sandvichensis (Sowerby, 1871)
Green Oyster
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea sandvichensis Sowerby, G.B. 1871. Monograph of the genus Ostraea. pls 1, 6-33 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [pl. 27, figs 66a-66b].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sandwich Islands [=Hawaii]. - Ostrea crenulifera Saville-Kent, W. 1891. Oysters and Oyster Fisheries of Queensland. Brisbane : Government Printer. [3, pl. 12, figs 5, 7] [junior homonym; not Ostrea crenulifera Sowerby, 1871].
- Ostrea kapua Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [111, pl. 30, figs 1-4].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 484156, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. - Ostrea nomades Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [395, pl. 7, figs 1a, b].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.90531 dry, Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°34‘58.8‘S 153°28‘1.2‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Torigoe, K. 2004. Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 3(3): 1-63, pls I-XIII, index (1-9) [58] (additional synonyms and bibliography included)
- Huber, M. 2010. 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. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (see CD for additional synonyms)
Generic Combinations
- Dendostrea sandvichensis (Sowerby in Reeve, 1871). —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [132]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific and central Pacific
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached to hard substrates like coral, shell or rocks
General References
Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [113-114, pl. 31, figs 1-8]
Garrard, T.A. 1961. Mollusca collected by M. V. "Challenger" off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 3–38 [5, pl. 2, fig. 7]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [12] (as Ostrea nomades)
Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [539, figs 158C, 173A-B] (as Ostrea sandvicensis (sic))
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [132]
Thomson, J.M. 1954. The genera of oysters and the Australian species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 132-168 [149, pl. 4, figs 1-3] (as Ostrea nomades)
Torigoe, K. 2004. Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 3(3): 1-63, pls I-XIII, index (1-9) [58, 59, pl. 12, figs 1-3]
Common Name References
Thomson, J.M. 1954. The genera of oysters and the Australian species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 132-168 [149] (as Ostrea nomades) (Green Oyster)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | OSTREOIDEA | 21-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 07-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |