Crassostrea virginica, (GMELIN, 1791)

Tëmkin, Ilya, 2006, Morphological perspective on the classification and evolution of Recent Pterioidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148 (3), pp. 253-312 : 311

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00257.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5488384

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A21B2E24-F274-6350-DFC4-863B288AFEBE

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Crassostrea virginica
status

 

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA (GMELIN, 1791) View in CoL

West Atlantic , Jones Beach (bay side), Nassau County, New York, USA (one pair with tissue; AMNH 269842 About AMNH ) ; West Atlantic , North Beach , St. Catherine’s Island, Liberty County, Georgia, USA, in dead fallen trees (four pairs; AMNH 178487 About AMNH ) ; West Atlantic , San Carlos Bay, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA (approximately 40 valves; AMNH 103345 About AMNH ) .

Principal references: Galtsoff (1964) (detailed anatomy and shell morphology); Kennedy, Newell & Eble (1996) (detailed anatomy, adult and embryonic shell morphology, shell microstructure).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Ostreida

Family

Ostreidae

Genus

Crassostrea

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