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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OSTREIDAE: OSTREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
> Ostreidae (Family)
> Ostreinae (Subfamily)
> Ostrea (Genus)
> equestris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980
Synonymised Names:
=Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981
=Ostrea spreta d'Orbigny, 1846
=Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834)
Images: Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
Reotahi, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 40mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981, collected 09 Aug 1979, Parekura Bay, Bay of Islands. (M.067817). 45mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OSTREIDAE: OSTREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
> Ostreidae (Family)
> Ostreinae (Subfamily)
> Ostrea (Genus)
> equestris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980
Synonymised Names:
=Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981
=Ostrea spreta d'Orbigny, 1846
=Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834)
Details: Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
Size/Grows to:
Length 45mm, Width 30mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands and northern North Island as far south as Raglan and Hauraki Gulf, from 0m
Notes:
Marine, Non-indigenous
Description:
Weakly sculptured, and found in lower tidal zone than Saccostrea glomerata

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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