Ostrea hanleyi Sowerby, 1871

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3244-3245

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253778
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F67-FFD0-FE47-FA5CFCA14A58
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ostrea hanleyi Sowerby, 1871
status

Treatment

Habitat. Cemented to the undersides of limestone rocks and dead coral blocks lying on silty sand from the mid-littoral to a few metres.

Distribution. Throughout the lagoon but common in turbid areas such as at Pointe Palmiste.

Remarks. This is a thin-shelled oyster, generally lacking marginal plications and of a uniform pale brown colour. It is possibly the same species as listed under O. subucula, Jousseaume by Oliver (1992, 1995).

Range. It has been found by the senior author in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Seychelles and Mauritius.

Figured specimen. 30.2 mm, NMW.Z.1999.073.00020.