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Crassostrea
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Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae
) containing the most important oysters used for food.
Ostreidae
Ostreidae are the true oysters, and include most species that are commonly eaten under the name oyster. Pearl oysters are not true oysters and belong to the distinct order Pterioida....
) containing the most important oysters used for food.
Species
- Crassostrea (Sacco, 1897)
- †ExtinctionIn biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
Crassostrea alabamiensis (Lea 1833) - Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck 1819) - Portuguese oysterPortuguese oysterThe Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata, is a species of oyster found in the southwest Iberian Peninsula, closely related to the Pacific oyster. Although first identified as a native European species, genetic studies have suggested that the Portuguese oyster originated from the Pacific coast...
- Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita, 1913) - Suminoe oyster or Chinese oyster
- †Crassostrea ashleyi (Hertlein 1943) (syn. Ostrea arnoldi)
- †Crassostrea cahobasensis (Pilsbry and Brown 1910)
- Crassostrea chilensis (Philippi, 1845)
- Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846)
- †Crassostrea contracta (Conrad 1865)
- Crassostrea corteziensis (HertleinLeo George HertleinLeo George Hertlein was an American paleontologist and malacologist who studied the Recent and fossil mollusks of the eastern Pacific Ocean.Hertlein was born on a farm in Pratt County, Kansas...
, 1951) - †Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck 1819)
- †Crassostrea cuebana Jung 1974
- Crassostrea gasar - Mangrove oysterMangrove oysterMangrove oyster is a true oyster in the Ostreidae family....
- Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) - Pacific oysterPacific oysterThe Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster or Miyagi oyster , is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.- Etymology :...
- Crassostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) - Auckland oysterAuckland oysterThe Auckland oyster, Crassostrea glomerata, is a species of bivalve mollusc of the family Ostreidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
- †Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim 1813)
- †Crassostrea hatcheri (Ihering 1899)
- Crassostrea iredalei (Sacco, 1932) - Faustino
- †Crassostrea kawauchidensis Tamura 1977
- †Crassostrea patagonica (d'Orbigny 1842) (syn. Ostrea ferrarisi)
- †Crassostrea raincourti (Deshayes 1858)
- Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding
- †Crassostrea titan (Conrad 1853) (syn. Ostrea prior, O. andersoni)
- †Crassostrea transitoria (Hupé 1854) (syn. Ostrea maxima)
- Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) - Eastern oysterEastern oysterThe eastern oyster — also called Atlantic oyster or Virginia oyster — is a species of true oyster native to the eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of North America. It is also farmed in Puget Sound, Washington, where it is known as the Totten Inlet Virginica. Eastern oysters are and have...
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