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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 ]
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 ...
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
Ostreidae. The order Ostreida includes the true oysters. One superfamily and two extant families are recognised within it. The two families are Ostreidae, the true ...
Magallana bilineata, commonly known as the Philippine cupped oyster or slipper oyster, is an economically important species of true oyster found abundantly in the western Pacific Ocean, from the Philippines to Tonga and Fiji.
Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) [2] containing some of the most important oysters used for food. The genus was recent split in WoRMS, following the DNA-based phylogenies of Salvi et al. (2014 and 2017). Pacific species were moved to a new genus Magallana. C. zhanjiangensis became Talonostrea zhanjiangensis. [3]
The Portuguese oyster (Magallana angulata, formerly Crassostrea angulata [1]) is a species of oyster found in the southwest Iberian Peninsula, closely related to the Pacific oyster.
Ostrea permollis, [1] the sponge oyster, [2] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae. [1] It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, [ 2 ] ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies .