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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
New Plymouth, NZ. 52mm
Urquharts Bay, Whangarei Heads, dredged 25 feet. 47mm
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
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Bluff Oyster, Marine
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)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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