Irish records
|
m Added a photograph
|
||
(15 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Species of bivalve}} |
|||
{{Taxobox |
|||
{{Speciesbox |
|||
| name = |
|||
| |
| genus = Dendostrea |
||
|image=Dendostrea frons (frond oyster) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16004377949).jpg |
|||
| phylum = [[Mollusca]] |
|||
| image_caption =Dendostrea frons found in San Salvador Island, Bahamas. |
|||
| classis = [[Bivalvia]] |
|||
⚫ | |||
| ordo = [[Ostreoida]] |
|||
⚫ | | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) |
||
| subordo = [[Ostreina]] |
|||
| familia = [[Ostreidae]] |
|||
| genus = ''[[Dendostrea]]'' |
|||
⚫ | |||
| binomial = ''Dendostrea frons'' |
|||
⚫ |
| |
||
}} |
}} |
||
[[File:Frond oyster.jpg|thumb|Frond oyster on a brain coral, Westpunt, Curacao.]] |
|||
|
'''''Dendostrea frons''''', the '''frond oyster''', is a species of [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ostreidae]]. |
||
<gallery mode="packed" heights=200px> |
|||
File:Dendostrea frons 01.jpg|Left valve |
|||
File:Dendostrea frons 02.jpg|Right valve |
|||
</gallery> |
|||
==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
||
It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, ranging from [[North Carolina]] to the [[West Indies]].<ref>Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 35.</ref>In 2013 this oyster was found in |
It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, ranging from [[North Carolina]] to the [[West Indies]].<ref>Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 35.</ref> In 2013 this oyster was found in Ireland in [[County Kerry]]. The only previous record from Ireland is from [[County Mayo]].<ref>Quigley, D.T.G. and Hill, R. 2015. Frond Oyster (''Dendrostrea frons'' (L.)) stranded at Waterville, Co. Kerry, ''Ir Nat J.'' '''34''': 128 - 129</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{ |
{{Reflist}} |
||
{{Oysters}} |
{{Oysters}} |
||
{{Taxonbar|from=Q3014501}} |
|||
[[Category:Ostreidae]] |
[[Category:Ostreidae]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Molluscs described in 1758]] |
||
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]] |
|||
{{bivalve-stub}} |
{{bivalve-stub}} |
Dendostrea frons | |
---|---|
Dendostrea frons found in San Salvador Island, Bahamas. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Dendostrea |
Species: |
D. frons
|
Binomial name | |
Dendostrea frons |
Dendostrea frons, the frond oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae.
It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1] In 2013 this oyster was found in Ireland in County Kerry. The only previous record from Ireland is from County Mayo.[2]
Dendostrea frons |
|
---|
This bivalve-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |