WoRMS name details

Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758)

542102  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542102)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mytilus frons Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 704 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542102 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature

original description (of Mytilus frons Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 704 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 156 [details] 

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 150 [details] 

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 170 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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