WoRMS taxon details
Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846
542159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542159)
accepted
Species
Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb, 1866 † · unaccepted
Ostrea gallus Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted
Undulostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846) · unaccepted
marine
Hanley, S. (1846). A description of new species of <i>Ostreae</i>, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 105-107.
page(s): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542159 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Hanley, S. (1846). A description of new species of <i>Ostreae</i>, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 105-107.
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb, 1866 †) Gabb, W. M. (1866-1869). Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. Volume II. Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. <em>Palaeontology. Volume II.</em> 1-38, pls. 1-13 [Feb 1866]; 39-299, pls. 14-36 [1869?]; i-xiv [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2066671
page(s): 35, pl. 11 fig. 61 [details]
original description (of Ostrea gallus Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 21 figs 1,1a-d. [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb, 1866 †) Gabb, W. M. (1866-1869). Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. Volume II. Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. <em>Palaeontology. Volume II.</em> 1-38, pls. 1-13 [Feb 1866]; 39-299, pls. 14-36 [1869?]; i-xiv [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2066671
page(s): 35, pl. 11 fig. 61 [details]
original description (of Ostrea gallus Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 21 figs 1,1a-d. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Li C., Wang H.-Y. & Guo X.M. (2017). Classification and taxonomic revision of two Oyster species from Peru: <i>Ostrea megodon</i> (Hanley, 1846) and <i>Crassostrea talonata</i> (Li & Qi, 1994). <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 36(2): 359-364., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0208 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Undulostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostrea megodon)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Undulostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846))
To Malacopics (Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846 Ecuador, Manabi, Salango, by trawling, at 4-6 m depth, ...
To Malacopics (Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846 Mexico, Sonora, Guaymas, by fishing, ex coll. F.J.A. Sl...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostrea megodon)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Undulostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846))
To Malacopics (Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846 Ecuador, Manabi, Salango, by trawling, at 4-6 m depth, ...
To Malacopics (Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846 Mexico, Sonora, Guaymas, by fishing, ex coll. F.J.A. Sl...
