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Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters. Fossil valves of Ostrea forskali from Pliocene of Italy.
Ostrea lurida, common name the Olympia oyster, after Olympia, Washington in the Puget Sound area, is a species of small, edible oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Ostreidae. This species occurs on the northern Pacific coast of North America .
Ostrea edulis, commonly known as the European flat oyster, is a species of oyster native to Europe. In Great Britain and Ireland, localized names include Colchester native oyster , mud oyster , or edible oyster .
The word oyster comes from Old French oistre, and first appeared in English during the 14th century. [1] The French derived from the Latin ostrea, the feminine form of ostreum, [2] which is the latinisation of the Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (ostreon) 'oyster'. [3] Compare ὀστέον (osteon) 'bone'. [4]
The dredge oyster, [2] Bluff oyster [3] or Chilean oyster [4] (Ostrea chilensis), [5] is also known in Chile as ostra verde, [6] is a species of flat oyster. It is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Ostreidae .
The southern mud oyster, Australian flat oyster, native flat oyster, native mud oyster, or angasi oyster (Ostrea angasi), is endemic to southern Australia, ranging from Western Australia to southeast New South Wales and around Tasmania. Ostrea angasi superficially resembles Ostrea edulis and both species may be referred to with the name "flat ...
The Ostreidae, the true oysters, include most species of molluscs commonly consumed as oysters. Pearl oysters are not true oysters, and belong to the order Pteriida. Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle, which means the shell has a characteristic central scar marking its point of attachment. The shell tends to be irregular ...
Ostreoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of bivalve marine mollusc, sometimes simply identified as oysters, [1] containing two families. The ostreoids are characterized in part by the presence of a well developed axial rod. [2]