The Ostreidae, the true oysters, include most species of molluscs commonly consumed as oysters. Pearl oysters are not true oysters, and belong to the...
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oysters are not closely related to either the edible oysters of family Ostreidae or the freshwater pearl mussels of the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae...
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genus Saccostrea, belonging to the subfamily Saccostreinae of the family Ostreidae. The best-known species is the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata)...
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Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. The genus was recent split in WoRMS...
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dictionary. An oyster is a bivalve mollusc. Oyster may also refer to: Ostreidae, the family of true oysters Oyster (magazine), Australian magazine about...
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Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters. This genus is very ancient. It is known in the fossil records...
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and two extant families are recognised within it. The two families are Ostreidae, the true oysters, and Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters. In 2010, a new proposed...
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Ostreola may also be used to refer to also a genus of oyster in the family Ostreidae; however, this name is unaccepted and Ostrea should be used instead. Lumbsch...
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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Ostreida Family: Ostreidae Genus: Ostrea Species: O. conchaphila Binomial name Ostrea conchaphila...
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