Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Ostreidae > Subfamily Ostreinae > Genus Dendostrea

Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dendostrea*	Swainson, 1835	accepted genus name
*Dendrostrea*		orthographic variant

Species group names

*Dendrostrea folium*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: leaf oyster sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Blattauster

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Ieyama, H. (1990). Chromosomes of the Oysters, Hyotissa imbricata and Dendostrea folium (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 49(1):63-68.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506716