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Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not all oysters, are in the superfamily Ostreoidea.
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)—also called the Atlantic oyster, American oyster, or East Coast oyster —is a species of true oyster native to eastern North and South America. Other names in local or culinary use include the Wellfleet oyster, [3] Virginia oyster, Malpeque oyster, Blue Point oyster, Chesapeake Bay oyster, and ...
Pacific oyster aquaculture production has grown from an export value of $11 million in 1986 to $32 million in 2006. [31] In 2006, the 23 Pacific oyster farms throughout New Zealand covered a total of 750 hectares of marine space and produced 2,800 tonnes of product per year. [29] Annual production is now between about 3,300 and 4,000 tonnes. [30]
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.
A single oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day, which means it can take on the characteristics of its environment. That's why oysters in the Pacific can taste so different compared to ...
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] Anal flaps are known to exist within the family Ostreidae but not within the more-primitive Gryphaeidae. [3]
Ostrea edulis. Linnaeus, 1758 [1][2] Ostrea edulis, commonly known as the European flat oyster, is a species of oyster native to Europe. In Great Britain and Ireland, regional names include Colchester native oyster, mud oyster, or edible oyster. In France, Ostrea edulis are known as huîtres plates (flat oysters) except for those that come from ...
Pleurotus ostreatus. (Jacq.) P. Kumm. 1871. Pleurotus. Mycological characteristics. Ecology is saprotrophic. Edibility is choice. Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus. Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly ...