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Ostrea  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79882

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Ostreola Monterosato, 1884
  
    Cryptostrea Harry, 1985
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassPteriomorphia   
                         OrderOstreida   
                            SuperfamilyOstreoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyOstreidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                  GenusOstrea Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesOstrea conchaphila Carpenter  
                                     SpeciesOstrea cristata Born, 1778  
                                     SpeciesOstrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 – edible oyster 
                                     SpeciesOstrea lurida Carpenter, 1864 – Olympia oyster 
                                     SpeciesOstrea megadon Hanley, 1846  
                                     SpeciesOstrea permollis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871  
                                     SpeciesOstrea sandvicensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871  
                                     SpeciesOstrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ostrea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Polson, Maria P., William E. Hewson, Douglas J. Eernisse, Patrock K. Baker, and Danielle C. Zacherl   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: You say conchaphila, I say lurida: Molecular evidence for restricting the Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864) to temperate western North America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Shellfish Research, vol. 28, no. 1   
  Page(s): 11-21   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0730-8000   
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  Reference for: Ostrea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shilts, Meghan H., Marcela S. Pascual, and Diarmaid Ó. Foighil   
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematic, taxonomic and biogeographic relationships of Argentine flat oysters   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 44, no. 1   
  Page(s): 467-473   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
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  Reference for: Ostrea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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