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

Dendostrea Swainson, 1835

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Dendrostrea orthographic variant

Children

Dendostrea cristata (Born, 1778)
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)

Literature

original description

Swainson, W. (1835). The elements of modern conchology. Baldwin & Cradock, London, 62 pp.

redescription

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendostrea Swainson, 1835. 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:415280

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2024-02-03 by Bruce Marshall

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