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Coon Oyster

Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dendostrea frons
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, French Polynesia Species List, India Species List, Panama Species List, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Saint Martin Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Japan Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Red Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, and United States Species List
Dendostrea frons
Recognized by Literature body sizes, bivalves, FAO Fishery Statistics, and Furui 2020
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and Aruba Species List
Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Lopha frons
Species recognized by Panama Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, and United States Species List
Lopha frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Dendostrea frons
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), and GGBN data coverage
Dendostrea frons
Recognized by McClain Bivalve Sizes and BHL data coverage
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Dendrostrea frons
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database
Lopha frons
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Lopha frons (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Shelled animal body mass
Ostrea limacella
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lopha frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mytilus frons Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea limacella Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea rubella Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lopha frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Mytilus frons Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Ostrea frons Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Ostrea limacella Lamarck 1819
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Ostrea rubella Lamarck 1819
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lopha frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lopha frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Lopha frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mytilus frons Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Mytilus frons Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Ostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Ostrea limacella Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Ostrea limacella Lamarck 1819
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea rubella Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Ostrea rubella Lamarck 1819
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

coon oyster preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
frond oyster
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

ワニガイ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia Grobben 1894
Pteriomorphia Beurlen 1944
Ostreida Férussac 1822
Ostreoidea Rafinesque 1815
Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815
Ostreinae Rafinesque 1815
Dendostrea Swainson 1835
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Dendostrea cristata (Born 1778)
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes 1836)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Dendostrea senegalensis (Gmelin 1791)
Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck 1819)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia Grobben 1894
Pteriomorphia Beurlen 1944
Ostreida Férussac 1822
Ostreoidea Rafinesque 1815
Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815
Ostreinae Rafinesque 1815
Dendostrea Swainson 1835
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Dendostrea cristata (Born 1778)
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes 1836)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Dendostrea senegalensis (Gmelin 1791)
Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck 1819)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test

Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Dendostrea cristata (Born 1778)
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes 1836)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Dendostrea senegalensis (Gmelin 1791)
Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck 1819)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreoidea
Ostreidae
Dendostrea
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Dendostrea cristata (Born 1778)
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes 1836)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Dendostrea senegalensis (Gmelin 1791)
Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck 1819)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Dendostrea Swainson 1835
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Dendostrea cristata (Born 1778)
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendostrea gatunensis Brown & Pilsbry 1911
Dendostrea inaequivalvis (Sowerby 1878)
Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes 1836)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Dendostrea senegalensis (Gmelin 1791)
Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck 1819)
Ostrea angermanni (Hertlein 1927)
Ostrea crenulifera (Sowerby 1873)
Ostrea vespertina (Conrad 1854)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreoidea Rafinesque 1815
Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815
Dendostrea Swainson 1835
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Ostreoidea
Ostreidae
Dendostrea
Dendostrea frons (this page)
Dendostrea crenulifera
Dendostrea folium
Dendostrea rosacea
unclassified Dendostrea

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Ostrea
Ostrea limacella (this page)
Ostrea adansoni
Ostrea adriatica
Ostrea alatus
Ostrea albatra
Ostrea albicans
Ostrea alveatula
Ostrea amara
Ostrea amasa
Ostrea anatinus
Ostrea angulata
Ostrea aupouria
Ostrea australis
Ostrea avalitesensis
Ostrea benefica
Ostrea bicolor
Ostrea borealis
Ostrea bresia
Ostrea bullata
Ostrea callichroa
Ostrea canadensis
Ostrea charlottae
Ostrea chemnitzii
Ostrea cibialis
Ostrea circumsuta
Ostrea cochlear
Ostrea cognata
Ostrea commercialis
Ostrea cornucopia
Ostrea cornucopiae
Ostrea cristagalli
Ostrea cristatella
Ostrea crocea
Ostrea cuccullata
Ostrea cucullina
Ostrea cumana
Ostrea cumingiana
Ostrea cuneola
Ostrea curvata
Ostrea cyrnusii
Ostrea dalli
Ostrea danica
Ostrea decemradiata
Ostrea dendata
Ostrea erucella
Ostrea exalbida
Ostrea figurata
Ostrea flavescens
Ostrea florida
Ostrea fluctiger
Ostrea fornicata
Ostrea forskahlii
Ostrea fragilis
Ostrea fucorum
Ostrea fusca
Ostrea gallina
Ostrea gallus
Ostrea gibbosa
Ostrea guineensis
Ostrea haliotidaea
Ostrea hefferdi
Ostrea hians
Ostrea hiranoi
Ostrea huttoni
Ostrea iredalei
Ostrea iridescens
Ostrea isognomum
Ostrea isogonum
Ostrea italica
Ostrea jubata
Ostrea kauaia
Ostrea kupua
Ostrea labrella
Ostrea lamellosa
Ostrea laperousii
Ostrea laterostrata
Ostrea laysana
Ostrea leonica
Ostrea ligo
Ostrea lima
Ostrea lingua
Ostrea lischkei
Ostrea longiuscula
Ostrea lorentzianum
Ostrea lucasiana
Ostrea lutaria
Ostrea madrasensis
Ostrea malabonensis
Ostrea media
Ostrea morenasi
Ostrea musashiana
Ostrea mytiloides
Ostrea nelsoniana
Ostrea neostentina
Ostrea nivea
Ostrea nomades
Ostrea obscura
Ostrea ochroleuca
Ostrea oniscus
Ostrea orbicularis
Ostrea orientalis
141 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Dendostrea
Dendostrea frons (this page)
Dendostrea amara
Dendostrea cristata
Dendostrea folium
Dendostrea rosacea
Dendostrea senegalensis
Dendostrea trapezina

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Lopha
Lopha frons (this page)
Lopha cristagalli
Lopha folium
Lopha gibsonsmithi
Lopha gregarea
Lopha marshii
Lopha plicatella
Lopha poppei
Lopha theca

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Dendostrea
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Dendostrea cristata (Born 1778)
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes 1836)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Dendostrea senegalensis (Gmelin 1791)
Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck 1819)
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