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Oestroidea have a wide range of feeding habits and breeding environments: saprophagous (many Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae), feeding on blood of birds or mammals (some Calliphoridae), parasites of gastropods or earthworms (some Calliphoridae), parasitoids of arthropods (Rhinophoridae, Tachinidae and some Sarcophagidae), living in association with termites or ants (some Calliphoridae and ...
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.
Ostreidae 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 ]
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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 Fossil records
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Rock oysters are true oysters of the genus Saccostrea, belonging to the subfamily Saccostreinae of the family Ostreidae. [ 1 ] The best-known species is the Sydney rock oyster ( Saccostrea glomerata ).