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GBIF·9740840speciesAnimalia1,397 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumMollusca
  3. ›classBivalvia
  4. ›orderOstreida
  5. ›familyOstreidae
  6. ›genusOstrea
Ostrea spec
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IUCN NE · Not evaluated

Ostrea spec

Ostrea spec Linnæus, 1758

First described in: Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9740840.