Ostrea
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| A lower valve (the attachment valve) of a shell of Ostrea edulis |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Order: |
Ostreida |
| Superfamily: |
Ostreoidea |
| Family: |
Ostreidae |
| Subfamily: |
Ostreinae |
| Genus: |
Ostrea
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Type species |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species |
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See text |
| Synonyms |
- Anodontostrea Suter, 1917
- † Conradostrea Ward & Blackwelder, 1987
- Cryptostrea Harry, 1985
- Eostrea Ihering, 1907
- Lopha (Ostreola) Monterosato, 1884
- Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 (genus name unavailable)
- Myrakeena Harry, 1985
- † Ostracites Picot de Lapeirouse, 1781
- Ostraea [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others)
- Ostrea (Anodontostrea) Suter, 1917
- † Ostrea (Bellostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation
- † Ostrea (Turkostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation
- Ostreola Monterosato, 1884
- Ostreum da Costa, 1776 (Unjustified emendation)
- Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980
- Undulostrea Harry, 1985
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Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.