| Dredge oyster |
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| Museum specimen of the shell of Ostrea chilensis |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Order: |
Ostreida |
| Family: |
Ostreidae |
| Genus: |
Ostrea |
| Species: |
O. chilensis |
| Binomial name |
Ostrea chilensis
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| Synonyms |
- Crassostrea chilensis (Küster, 1844)
- Crassostrea discoidea (Gould, 1850)
- Crassostrea nelsoniana (Zittel, 1865)
- Ostraea angasi var. digitata Lamy, 1929
- Ostraea chiloensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
- Ostrea callichroa Hanley, 1846
- Ostrea charlottae Finlay, 1928
- Ostrea cibialis Hupé in Gay, 1854
- Ostrea corrugata Hutton, 1873
- Ostrea discoidea Gould, 1850
- Ostrea fococarens Finlay, 1928
- Ostrea hefferdi Finlay, 1928
- Ostrea huttoni Lamy, 1929
- Ostrea longiuscula Hupé in Gay, 1854
- Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873
- Ostrea nelsoniana Zittel, 1865
- Ostrea vinolenta Hupé in Gay, 1854
- Tiostrea chilensis (Küster, 1844)
- Tiostrea lutaria (Hutton, 1873)
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The dredge oyster, Bluff oyster or Chilean oyster (Ostrea chilensis), is also known in Chile as ostra verde, is a species of flat oyster. It is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Ostreidae.