Planostrea Harry, 1985

Lam, Katherine & Morton, Brian, 2004, The Oysters Of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae And Gryphaeidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 11-28 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244740

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13244879

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F01A8782-930D-F60D-FC06-51EFB506FA47

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Planostrea Harry, 1985
status

 

Planostrea Harry, 1985 View in CoL

Planostrea Harry, 1985: 143 View in CoL .

Type species. – Ostrea pestigris Hanley, 1846 , by original designation and monotypy.

Description. – Shell of moderate size (~ up to 75 mm in height), very compressed in one plane. The valves are weakly lamellose with few growth rests and little shell erosion. Thin, cylindrical and widely-spaced radial ribs on the left valve. The surfaces between the ribs are flat. Chomata are well developed, uniform and closely spaced along the posterior and anterior margins near the hinge. A wide commissural shelf on the left valve is flat, well-defined along the inner edge and regularly thickened with chalky deposits. The shell exterior is light to dark lavender with numerous darker radial stripes. Geographic distribution limited to certain Indo-Pacific areas, e.g. the Philippines (type locality), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, North Borneo, and Queensland, Australia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Ostreida

Family

Ostreidae

Loc

Planostrea Harry, 1985

Lam, Katherine & Morton, Brian 2004
2004
Loc

Planostrea

Harry 1985: 143
1985
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