Ostrea stentina

Ostrea stentina; Temporal range:
	Fossil valve of Ostrea stentina from Pliocene of Italy
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreida
Family:	Ostreidae
Genus:	Ostrea
Species:	O. stentina
Binomial name
	Ostrea stentina; Payraudeau, 1826
Synonyms
	Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981; Ostrea capsa Fischer von Waldheim, 1807; Ostrea curvata Risso, 1826; Ostrea edulis var. mimetica de Gregorio, 1884; Ostrea guineensis Dunker, 1853; Ostrea obesa G. B. Sowerby II, 1871; Ostrea pauciplicata Deshayes, 1835; Ostrea prevostii G. B. Sowerby II, 1871; Ostrea sicula Gregorio, 1884; Ostrea stentina var. isseli Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887; Ostrea stentina var. prepratxi Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887; Ostreola crustacea Monterosato, 1915; Ostreola parenzani Settepassi in Parenzan, 1974; Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau, 1826) ;

Ostrea stentina is a species of oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.^[2]^[3]

Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, right valve
Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi, left valve
Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, right valve
Ostrea stentina var. syriaca, left valve
Fossil

Fossil records

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Miocene (age range: 7.246 to 0.126 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy, Angola, Namibia and Algeria.^[4]

Distribution

This species has a Mediterranean distribution.^[5]^[6]

References

^ NatureServe. "Ostrea stentina". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
^ WoRMS
^ Biolib
^ Fossilworks
^ WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
^ Sylvie Lapègue, Inès Ben Salah, Frederico M. Batista, Serge Heurtebise, Lassad Neifar and Pierre Boudry Phylogeographic study of the dwarf oyster, Ostreola stentina, from Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia: evidence of a geographic disjunction with the closely related taxa, Ostrea aupouria and Ostreola equestris

Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy

[NS-1] NatureServe. "Ostrea stentina". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 January 2026.

[2] WoRMS

[3] Biolib

[4] Fossilworks

[5] WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base

[6] Sylvie Lapègue, Inès Ben Salah, Frederico M. Batista, Serge Heurtebise, Lassad Neifar and Pierre Boudry Phylogeographic study of the dwarf oyster, Ostreola stentina, from Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia: evidence of a geographic disjunction with the closely related taxa, Ostrea aupouria and Ostreola equestris

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