Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreoida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Ostreidae > Subfamily Ostreinae > Genus Ostrea

Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1844

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ostrea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Ostreola*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Tiostrea*	Chanley & Dinamani, 1980	synonym

Species group names

*Ostrea lutaria*	Hutton, 1873	synonym
*Tiostrea lutaria*	(Hutton, 1873)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Chilean Oyster

Literature

basis of record	Marshall B.A. (2002) Authorship and date of publication of Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küster, 1844 (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). The Nautilus 116(2): 66-67.
additional source	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	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Huber, M. (2014). Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1844. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397160