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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)
> chilensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980
Synonymised Names:
=Ostrea charlottae Finlay, 1928
=Ostrea hefferdi Finlay, 1928
=Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873
=Tiostrea chilensis (Philippi, 1844)
=Tiostrea lutaria (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küster, 1844
Queen Charlotte Sound, dredged 40 feet. 100mm. © rights reserved
New Plymouth, NZ. 52mm. © rights reserved
Urquharts Bay, Whangarei Heads, dredged 25 feet. 47mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OSTREIDAE: OSTREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
> Ostreidae (Family)
> Ostreinae (Subfamily)
> Ostrea (Genus)
> chilensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980
Synonymised Names:
=Ostrea charlottae Finlay, 1928
=Ostrea hefferdi Finlay, 1928
=Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873
=Tiostrea chilensis (Philippi, 1844)
=Tiostrea lutaria (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küster, 1844
Size/Grows to:
Length 80mm, Width 75mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-293m
Notes:
Bluff Oyster, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Eagle, M.K. Dec/2011 Oystering: Notes resulting from an April/2011 field-trip, Poirieria, 36 (p.6)
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Authorship and date of publication of Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küster, 1844 (Bivalvia: Ostreidae), The Nautilus, 116(2) (p.66)
  • Buroker, N.E., Chanley, P., Cranfield, H.J., Dinamani, P. 1983 Systematic status of two oyster populations of the genus Tiostrea from New Zealand and Chile, Marine Biology, 77 (p.191)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.375)
  • Gardner, N.W. Sep/1977 Our Oysters, Poirieria, 9(2) (p.33)

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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