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Ostreidae

Oyster

marinebrackish

Rafinesque, 1815Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 215 ↗

61

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1952

First collected

2021

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

10 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1950s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1952 by Daniel B. Langford; Myrtle Thaanum {Ditlev Due Thaanum'S Wife} (Japan; Sagami Bay; Hayama).

From the collection

Ostreidae, 221447Ostreidae, 221875Ostreidae, 221984Ostreidae, 221992Ostreidae, 222020Ostreidae, 222181Ostreidae, 222439Ostreidae, 221664Ostreidae, 209314Ostreidae, 248635Ostreidae, 248637Ostreidae, 248638