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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily: OSTREIDAE: OSTREINAE Full Classification: 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: 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:
Description:
Weakly sculptured, and found in lower tidal zone than Saccostrea glomerata
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References and Publications
- Marshall, B.A., Spencer, H.G. 2013 Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes, Molluscan Research, 33(1) (p.42)
- Dinamani, P. 1981 Description of a new species of incubatory oyster from northern New Zealand, with notes on its ecology and reproduction, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 15 (p.110)
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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