OSTREIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 710-713

Family OSTREIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

angusta , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 362, 26, pl. 58, figs 1-3; 1832-EncyMeth: 293; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 253-254; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 94; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 12. — Type locality: Soissons. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Type species (OD) of Angustostrea Vialov, 1936, most often now treated as a synonym of Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 . Ostrea angusta Deshayes, 1832 , was treated by d’Orbigny as a junior secondary homonym of Gryphaea angusta Lamarck, 1819 , and renamed Ostrea subangusta d’Orbigny, 1850b (d’Orbigny 1850b: 327, no. 545). Crassostrea angusta (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 59) . — Current status: Crassostrea ( Angustostrea) subangusta (d’Orbigny, 1850) (Pacaud 2007: 56) .

boblayei , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1833b: 231, “pl. 3, figs 6-7”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 122, pl. 23, figs 6-7. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: synonym of Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi, 1814 ( Lecointre & Ranson 1962), or as Ostrea lamellosa boblayei Deshayes, 1835 ( Ionesi & Lungu 1978: 43).

crepidula, Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 339-340, 26, pl. 57, figs 1-2, pl. 58, figs 6-7; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 249;1843-HistNatAnim3: 93; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 104, in synonymy with Ostrea cucullaris Lamarck, 1819 . — Type localities: Tancrou, Mary-sur-Marne, Valmondois & Acy-en-Multien. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck, 1819) .

cubitus , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 365-366, 24, pl. 47, figs 12-15; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 254-255; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 95; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 122. — Type localities: Senlis & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type species (OD) of Cubitostrea Sacco, 1897 . — Current status: Cubitostrea cubitus (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 63; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85; Nevesskaja et al. 2013: 187, fig. 61-2).

dispar , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1825-DictClass8: 389. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. Deshayes referred to Bruguière (1792: pl. 182, figs 6-7), which shows heavy ribs in the left valve and only commarginal lamellae in the right. It seems to have disappeared from subsequent literature. — Current status: nomen dubium .

elegans , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 361-362, 24, pl. 50, figs 7-9, non Gmelin, 1791; 1832-EncyMeth: 297-298; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 253; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 94; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 116. — Type localities: Chaumont-en-Vexin & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Type material: UCBL-EM35426, syntype. This species is not present in the Eocene Bartonian of Valmondois. Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) elegans (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 64) . Cubitostrea elegans (Deshayes, 1832) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85; Pacaud 2008: 82). — Current status: Crassostrea sophiae Pacaud, 2022b ( Pacaud 2022b: 2-4, figs 1-5), replacement name.

elongata , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 348-349, 24, pl. 49, figs 3-4, non Born, 1778, nec Solander, 1786, nec Röding, 1798, nec Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 251; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 93; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 104, in synonymy with Ostrea cucullaris Lamarck, 1819 . — Type localities: Valmondois, Tancrou, Mary-sur-Marne & Acy-en-Multien. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 35192, syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck, 1819) .

excavata , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1835b: 124, pl. 21, figs 5-6, non Fabricius, 1779, nec Lamarck, 1819. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

extensa , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 358, 25, pl. 56, figs 1-2;1832-EncyMeth: 293;1836-HistNatAnim2: 252;1843-HistNatAnim3: 94;1861-DescrCoqFoss: 117. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 35182, syntypes. — Current status: Crassostrea ( Crassostrea) extensa (Deshayes, 1832) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85) .

gryphoides , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1825-DictClass8: 389, non Schlotheim, 1820 [a fossil oyster from Germany, now placed in Magallana ]; 1832-EncyMeth: 305. — Type locality: Le Mans ( France). — Type age: Miocene (Langhian). — Current status: Crassostrea vindinonensis Pacaud , n. name (replacement name herein): from the type locality. The name of the town Le Mans is documented as early as the 2nd century BC as Vindinon .

heteroclita , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 349; pl. 63, figs 2-4, ex Defrance ms. — Type locality: Noyon. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). — Current status: Liostrea ( Sinustrea) heteroclita (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 66; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85; both as “Defrance in Deshayes”).

hybrida , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 247-348, 26, pl. 59, figs 3-4, non Gmelin, 1791; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 105-106, in synonymy with Ostrea cucullaris Lamarck, 1819 . — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck, 1819) .

incerta , Ostrea – Deshayes,1832-EncyMeth: 294; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 104, as synonym of Ostrea cucullaris Lamarck, 1819 . — Type locality: none given. — Type age: not stated., which has been reported from the Paleocene to the Eocene. — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck, 1819) .

italica , Ostrea – Deshayes,1832-EncyMeth: 305-306, non Defrance, 1821. — Type locality: Italy. — Type age: Pliocene. Oddly, although from the same age and locality, Deshayes made no reference to the species of Defrance. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

lamellaris , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 372, 25, pl. 54, figs 3-4; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 106. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian) & Versailles (species not present at the latter locality – Pacaud herein). — Current status: Crassostrea ( Crassostrea) cucullaris [Lamarck, 1819] lamellaris (Deshayes, 1832) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85) .

latissima , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 336, 24, pl. 52, fig. 1, 25, pl. 53, figs 1-4; 1832-EncyMeth: 289-290; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 248;1843-HistNatAnim3: 92; 1838a: 19-20, [ii], pl. 6, figs 1-3; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 108, in synonymy with Ostrea gigantica Solander , in Brander, 1766, which is the type species (OD) of Gigantostrea Sacco, 1897 . — Type localities: Chaumont-en-Vexin & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). — Current status: Gigantostrea gigantica (Solander, in Brander, 1766).

lingulata , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 347, 26, pl. 59, figs 13-14; 1832-EncyMeth: 294; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 250-251; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 93; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 104, in synonymy with Ostrea cucullaris Lamarck, 1819 . — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 35191, syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck, 1819) .

ludensis , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 86, pl. 85, figs 1–4; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 107. — Type locality: Ludes. — Type age: Eocene (Priabonian). Crassostrea ludensis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 61) . — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea ( Crassostrea) vectensis (Morris, 1856) ( Curry 1960: 273; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85).

moreleti , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1853b: 509. — Type locality: Near Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. — Type age: not stated. — Current status: nomen dubium .

multicostata , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 363-364, 26, pl. 57, figs 3-6; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 254;1843-HistNatAnim3: 95; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 118-119. — Type localities: Cuise-la-Motte & Soissons. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). Preoccupies Ostrea multicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 , a synonym of the Japanese Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869 . Crassostrea ( Cubitostrea) multicostata (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 63) . Ostrea ( Turkostrea) multicostata (Deshayes, 1832) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85) . — Current status: Cubitostrea multicostata (Deshayes, 1832) ( Jeffery & Tracey 1997: 80, 86, pl. 3, figs 6-7, as “1824”).

multistriata , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 356, 26, pl. 59, figs 5-8, non Poli, 1795;1832-EncyMeth: 294;1836-HistNatAnim2: 251-252; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 94; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 98, 106, in synonymy with Ostrea lamellaris Deshayes, 1832 . — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Both preoccupy Ostrea multistriata Hanley, 1846 , which was renamed Ostrea procellosa E. Lamy, 1929 . — Current status: Crassostrea ( Crassostrea) cucullaris [Lamarck, 1819] lamellaris (Deshayes, 1832) .

mutabilis , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 344-345, 25, pl. 56, figs 9-10; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 250; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 93; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 112. — Type locality: Houdan. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Crassostrea ( Crassostrea) mutabilis (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 61; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85; Pacaud 2008: 82).

ovata , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-EncyMeth: 294-295; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 110, as synonym of Ostrea longirostris Lamarck, 1806 . — Type localities: Longjumeau & Versailles. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea longirostris ( Lamarck, 1806) .

pauciplicata , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1835b: 126, pl. “28” [18], figs 5-6. — Type localities: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece; also Sicily, Italy. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826 ( Sabelli et al. 1990: 299).

plana , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 338, 25, pl.56, figs 5-6, non Gmelin, 1791;1836-HistNatAnim2: 249;1843-HistNatAnim3: 93; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 102, as Ostrea subplana d’Orbigny, 1850 . Ostrea subplana d’Orbigny, 1850b (d’Orbigny 1850b: 425, no. 1648), replacement name. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 35183, syntypes.– Current status: Liostrea ( Sinustrea) subplana (d’Orbigny, 1850) (Pacaud 2007: 56) .

planicosta , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 368-369, 25, pl. 55, figs 4-6; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 97, 114, in synonymy with Ostrea cyathula Lamarck, 1806 . — Type locality: Longjumeau. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea cyathula ( Lamarck, 1806) ( Marquet et al. 2008: 15-16, pl. 2, fig. 3).

plicatella , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 363, 24, pl. 50, figs 2-5; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 254; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 94-95; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 123, in synonymy with Ostrea tenuiplicata Deshayes, 1832 . — Type localities: Soissonnais & la Champagne [Aisne and Marne Department]. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). Synonym of Ostrea (Ostrea) bellovacina Lamarck, 1806 ( Cossmann, 1888: 194, as O. “ bellovacensis ”), the type species (OD) of Bellostrea Vialov, 1936. — Current status: Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina Lamarck, 1806 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85).

profunda , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 341-342, 24, pl. 48, figs 4-5, non Schröter, 1802; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 98, 101, as senior synonym of Ostrea subarcuata Deshayes, 1832 , but without noting the senior homonym of O. profunda . — Type locality: Chaumont-en-Vexin. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Crassostrea profunda (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 62) . — Current status: Crassostrea ( Crassostrea) subarcuata (Deshayes, 1832) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85) .

pseudoedulis, Ostrea –Deshayes, 1833b: 231, “pl. 5, figs 3-4”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 122-123, pl. 21, figs 3-4. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: taxon inquirendum .

pulchella , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-EncyMeth: 299, non Defrance, 1821. — Type locality: Peru. — Type age: Recent. Described from an unknown Peruvian location, not illustrated, and based on a specimen of only 45 mm in length. The name has never been used and is a junior homonym. If type material ever came to light, it would become a synonym, wherever it belongs. — Current status: nomen dubium .

radiosa, Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 359, 26, pl. 60, figs 6-7; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 252; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 94; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 116. — Type locality: Poissy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Cubitostrea plicata [Solander, in Brander, 1766] radiosa (Deshayes, 1832) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85).

raricosta, Ostrea – Deshayes,1832-EncyMeth: 299. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: not stated.– Current status: nomen dubium .

raincourti , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 85, pl. 83, figs 10- 11; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 103-104. — Type locality:Verneuil.— Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: Crassostrea ( Crassostrea) raincourti (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 62; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85).

regularis , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1850-TraitElem: 33, pl. 57, fig. 3. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: not stated. — Current status: nomen dubium .

resupinata , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 85, pl. 84, figs 1-4; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 101. — Type localities: Châlons-sur-Vesle, Gueux & Jonchery-sur-Vesle. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). — Current status: Liostrea ( Sinustrea) resupinata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 66; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85).

rosacea , Ostrea – Deshayes,1836-HistNatAnim2: 236-237;1843-HistNatAnim3: 88-89. — Type locality: Senegal. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: Dendrostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836) ( Huber 2010a: 183, 613; 2015: 375; Hayami, in Okutani 2017: 1184, pl. 484, fig. 4; Poppe 2018: 105, noting that this had been given as “ Parahyotissa chemnitzii Hanley, 1846 ,” in Poppe 2010: 550, pl. 966, figs 3-5; Boutet et al. 2020: 610).

simplex , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 340-341, 26, pl. 57, fig. 7, pl. 59, figs 11-12, pl. 60, figs 3-4; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 249-250; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 93; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 98, 104, in synonymy with Ostrea cucullaris Lamarck, 1819 . — Type localities: Valmondois, Acy-en-Multien & Tancrou. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 35190, syntypes from Valmondois; -EM 35187, syntype. — Current status: synonym of Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck, 1819) .

sonora, Ostrea – Deshayes,1832-EncyMeth: 295;1836-HistNatAnim2: 257; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 96, both as ex Defrance ms. — Type localities: Valognes & Ranville. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: nomen dubium .

sparnacensis , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 350-351; 28, pl. 64, figs 5-8, ex Defrance ms. — Type localities: Mont-Bernon (Epernay), Aye, Hautvillers, Disy. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Crassostrea sparnacensis (Deshayes, 1832) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b 62; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85, both as “Defrance in Deshayes”).

spinosa , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1836-HistNatAnim2: 237; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 89, non Roemer, 1835 [not preoccupied by Ostrea spinosa Martyn, 1792 , an unavailable name]. — Type locality: Amboina . — Type age: Recent. For some reason, Deshayes renamed the species that appeared in Quoy & Gaimard (1835: 455-456, pl. 76, figs 13-14) as Ostrea echinata . — Current status: synonym of Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) .

subarcuata , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 342, 26, pl. 59, figs 9-10. — Type locality: Mouchy-le-Châtel. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Crassostrea subarcuata (Deshayes, 1832) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85; Pacaud 2008: 82).

submissa , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 85, pl. 84, figs 9-12; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 120. — Type localities: Châlons-sur-Vesle, Aizy-Jouy, Coeuvres-et-Valsery, Laon, Houdainville, Gisors, Cuise-la-Motte & Chaumont-en-Vexin. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian) and Eocene (Ypresian-Lutetian). Crassostrea ( Cubitostrea) submissa (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 64) . — Current status: Cubitostrea submissa (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85; Pacaud 2008: 82).

subplicata , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 345-346, 24, pl. 48, fig. 3; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 120-121, in synonymy with Ostrea flabellula Lamarck, 1806 . — Type localities: Parnes & Saint-Félix. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Cubitostrea plicata (Solander, in Brander, 1766) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85).

suessoniensis , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 85, pl. 84, figs 13-14.1861-DescrCoqFoss: 116-117. — Type localities: Mercin-et-Vaux, Cuisy-en-Almont, Laon & Parisis-Fontaine. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: synonym of Ostrea ( Turkostrea) multicostata Deshayes, 1832 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85). tenuiplicata , Ostrea – Deshayes,1832-EncyMeth: 301; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 123, as synonym of Ostrea plicatella Deshayes, 1832 . — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). Preoccupies Ostrea tenuiplicata Seguenza, 1879 . Synonym of Ostrea (Ostrea) bellovacina Lamarck, 1806 ( Cossmann 1888: 194, as O. “ bellovacensis ”), the type species (OD) of Bellostrea Vialov, 1936. — Current status: Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina Lamarck, 1806 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85).

tenuistria , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1825-DictClass8: 389. — Type locality: Vaches-Noires, [ Normandy, France]. — Type age: Jurassic. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

truncatella, Ostrea –Deshayes, 1850-TraitElem: 33, pl. 57, figs 7-8. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Mesozoic. — Type material: UCBL-EM 35253, syntype. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

uncinata, Ostrea –Deshayes, 1835b: 126-127, pl. “28” [18], figs 9-11, non Lamarck, 1806. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

virleti , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1833b: 231, “pl. 5, figs 1-2”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 123-124, pl. 21, figs 1-2. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: Saccostrea virleti (Deshayes, 1835) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 63; Monegatti & Raffi 2001: 183; Cárdinas et al. 2017: 375, 380, fig. 6k, without author or date).

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dorsata , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1832-DescrCoqFoss: 355, 25, 27, pl. 54, figs 9-10; pl. 55, figs 9-11; pl. 64, figs 1-4; 1832-EncyMeth: 292; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 251; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 93-94; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 102-103. — Type localities: Monneville, Valmondois & Senlis. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 35194, syntype This species was made available by J. de C. Sowerby, 1825 (J. de C. Sowerby 1825: 144, pl. 489, figs 1-2), ex Deshayes ms, based in part on material sent to him by Deshayes. Crassostrea dorsata (“Deshayes, 1832”) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 60). — Current status: Crassostrea dorsata (J. de C. Sowerby, 1825) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 85) .

knorrii , Ostrea – Deshayes, 1836-HistNatAnim2: 262, ex “Woltz” ms. Sherborn (1920: 3320) listed this name as being by Deshayes, but it was first made available by Voltz (1828).

leymerii , Ostrea – Leymerie, 1841: 334, 335, 336, nomen nudum; 1842: 11, 28, pl. 13, fig. 4a-b, ex Deshayes ms. — Type locality: Thieffrain (Aube). — Type age: Cretaceous (Hauterivian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 36174B, syntype.

punctata , Ostrea –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 85, pl. 83, figs 6-9, non Gmelin, 1791. Made available by Melleville (1843: 84 [42, 83], pl. 3, figs 5-8). — Type localities: Cormicy & Villers-Franqueux, “etc.”. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). Ostrea subpunctata d’Orbigny, 1850b (d’Orbigny 1850b: 307, no. 194), replacement name. — Current status: Ostrea subpunctata d’Orbigny, 1850 (Deshayes, 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 112-113). Glibert & Van de Poel (1965b: 66) listed this as “ Crassostrea subpunctata (Deshayes, 1858) ”.