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Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Ostrea edulis
Ostrea edulis

138298  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138298)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Ostreida (Order)
  8. Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Ostreidae (Family)
  10. Ostreinae (Subfamily)
  11. Ostrea (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Anodontostrea Suter, 1917 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eostrea Ihering, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 · unaccepted (genus name unavailable)
Myrakeena Harry, 1985 · unaccepted
Ostraea [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling by...)  
incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others
Ostrea (Bellostrea) Vialov, 1936 † · alternative representation
Ostrea (Ostrea) Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Ostrea (Turkostrea) Vialov, 1936 † · alternative representation
Ostreum da Costa, 1776 · unaccepted (Unjustified emendation)
Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Ostrea algoensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  2. Species Ostrea angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  3. Species Ostrea angelica Rochebrune, 1895
  4. Species Ostrea atherstonei R. B. Newton, 1913
  5. Species Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844
  6. Species Ostrea circumpicta Pilsbry, 1904
  7. Species Ostrea conchaphila P. P. Carpenter, 1857
  8. Species Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
  9. Species Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  10. Species Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
  11. Species Ostrea futamiensis Seki, 1929
  12. Species Ostrea libella Weisbord, 1964
  13. Species Ostrea lurida P. P. Carpenter, 1864
  14. Species Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846
  15. Species Ostrea neostentina L.-S. Hu, H.-Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Li & X.-M. Guo, 2019
  16. Species Ostrea oleomargarita P. G. Oliver, Salvi & Al-Kandari, 2023
  17. Species Ostrea permollis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  18. Species Ostrea puelchana A. d'Orbigny, 1842
  19. Species Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
  20. Subgenus Ostrea (Alectryonella) Sacco, 1897 accepted as Alectryonella Sacco, 1897 (original rank)
  21. Subgenus Ostrea (Alectryonia) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Alectryonia Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Lopha Röding, 1798
    1. Subgenus Ostrea (Anodontostrea) Suter, 1917 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
    2. Subgenus Ostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897 accepted as Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 (original rank)
      1. Subgenus Ostrea (Dendostrea) Swainson, 1835 accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
      2. Subgenus Ostrea (Saccostrea) Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920 accepted as Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920
      3. Species Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      4. Species Ostrea adansoni Rochebrune, 1905 accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
      5. Species Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
      6. Species Ostrea aequatorialis A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Crassostrea aequatorialis (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (original combination)
      7. Species Ostrea alatus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791)
      8. Species Ostrea albatra Jousseaume, 1925 accepted as Dendostrea sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      9. Species Ostrea albicans Schröter, 1802 accepted as Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
      10. Species Ostrea alveatula Jousseaume, 1925 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      11. Species Ostrea amara P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Saccostrea palmula (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
      12. Species Ostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Saccostrea scyphophilla (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
      13. Species Ostrea anatinus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Malleus anatinus (Gmelin, 1791)
      14. Species Ostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819)
      15. Species Ostrea anonyma Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
      16. Species Ostrea arata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Karnekampia sulcata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
      17. Species Ostrea arborea Dillwyn, 1817 sensu Dunker, 1882 accepted as Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita, 1929) accepted as Magallana ariakensis (Fujita, 1929) (misapplication)
      18. Species Ostrea ariakensis Fujita, 1929 accepted as Magallana ariakensis (Fujita, 1929) (original combination)
      19. Species Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981 accepted as Ostrea equestris Say, 1834 (junior subjective synonym)
      20. Species Ostrea aurantia Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      21. Species Ostrea australis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pustulostrea australis (Lamarck, 1819)
      22. Species Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945 accepted as Crassostrea belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) accepted as Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
      23. Species Ostrea bicolor Hanley, 1846 accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
      24. Species Ostrea bilineata Röding, 1798 accepted as Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
      25. Species Ostrea borealis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
      26. Species Ostrea brasiliana Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) (original combination)
      27. Species Ostrea bresia Iredale, 1939 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
      28. Species Ostrea bullata Born, 1778 accepted as Limatula bullata (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      29. Species Ostrea callichroa Hanley, 1846 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (junior subjective synonym)
      30. Species Ostrea canadensis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
      31. Species Ostrea capsa Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826 (see nomenclature note under Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826)
      32. Species Ostrea charlottae H. J. Finlay, 1928 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (junior subjective synonym)
      33. Species Ostrea chemnitzii Hanley, 1846 accepted as Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
      34. Species Ostrea cibialis Hupé, 1854 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      35. Species Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778 accepted as Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
      36. Species Ostrea cinnabrina Born, 1780 accepted as Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
      37. Species Ostrea circumpicta Pilsbry, 1904 sensu Hirase, 1930 accepted as Crassostrea nippona (Seki, 1934) accepted as Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934) (misapplication)
      38. Species Ostrea circumsuta A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850) (superseded combination)
      39. Species Ostrea citrina Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      40. Species Ostrea citrina Poli, 1795 accepted as Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      41. Species Ostrea clavata Poli, 1795 accepted as Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli, 1795) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      42. Species Ostrea coarctata Born, 1778 accepted as Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795) (declared nomen oblitum by Cosel et al. (2014))
      43. Species Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
      44. Species Ostrea cochlearis Locard, 1886 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) (unjustified emendation)
      45. Species Ostrea cognata Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
      46. Species Ostrea columbiensis Hanley, 1846 accepted as Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846) (original combination)
      47. Species Ostrea commercialis Iredale & Roughley, 1933 accepted as Saccostrea glomerata (A. Gould, 1850) (junior subjective synonym)
      48. Species Ostrea complanata Fenaux, 1944 accepted as Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819)
      49. Species Ostrea concentrica Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
      50. Species Ostrea corallina Poli, 1795 accepted as Manupecten pesfelis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      51. Species Ostrea corbiculus Küster, 1868 accepted as Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
      52. Species Ostrea corbuloides Danilo & Sandri, 1856 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
      53. Species Ostrea cornucopia Saville-Kent, 1891 accepted as Saccostrea scyphophilla (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
      54. Species Ostrea cornucopiae Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
      55. Species Ostrea corteziensis Hertlein, 1951 accepted as Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951) (original combination)
      56. Species Ostrea cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
      57. Species Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 accepted as Dendostrea cristata (Born, 1778)
      58. Species Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 sensu Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901 accepted as Hyotissa mcgintyi (H. W. Harry, 1985) (misapplication)
      59. Species Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 sensu Poli, 1795 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (misapplication)
      60. Species Ostrea cristatella E. Lamy, 1924 accepted as Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
      61. Species Ostrea crocea Dufo, 1840 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
      62. Species Ostrea cuccullata Born, 1778 accepted as Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
      63. Species Ostrea cucullata [sic] sensu Lischke, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea kegaki Torigoe & Inaba, 1981 (misidentification and misspelling of Ostrea cuccullata Born, 1778)
      64. Species Ostrea cucullina Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
      65. Species Ostrea cumana Gregorio, 1883 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
      66. Species Ostrea cumingiana Dunker, 1846 accepted as Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791)
      67. Species Ostrea cuneola Jousseaume, 1925 accepted as Nanostrea fluctigera (Jousseaume, 1925) accepted as Nanostrea pinnicola (Pagenstecher, 1877) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      68. Species Ostrea curvata Risso, 1826 accepted as Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
      69. Species Ostrea cyrnusii Payraudeau, 1826 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
      70. Species Ostrea dalli E. Lamy, 1930 accepted as Saccostrea palmula (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
      71. Species Ostrea danica Holten, 1802 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771)
      72. Species Ostrea decemradiata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
      73. Species Ostrea deformis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Nanostrea pinnicola (Pagenstecher, 1877) (invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea deformis Lamarck, 1806; Nonostrea exigua is a replacement name)
      74. Species Ostrea demissa Solander, 1797 accepted as Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
      75. Species Ostrea dendata Küster, 1868 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
      76. Species Ostrea dentata Perry, 1811 accepted as Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778)
      77. Species Ostrea denticulata Born, 1778 accepted as Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778) (original combination)
      78. Species Ostrea dentifera Dufo, 1840 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
      79. Species Ostrea depressa R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Ostrea depressa Gmelin, 1791)
      80. Species Ostrea depressa Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795) (declared nomen oblitum)
      81. Species Ostrea discoidea A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844 (doubtful synonym)
      82. Species Ostrea dolabriformis E. von Martens, 1899 accepted as Nanostrea fluctigera (Jousseaume, 1925) accepted as Nanostrea pinnicola (Pagenstecher, 1877)
      83. Species Ostrea dubia Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      84. Species Ostrea echinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (original combination)
      85. Species Ostrea elegans Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      86. Species Ostrea elliptica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Dendostrea cristata (Born, 1778)
      87. Species Ostrea elliptica Dufo, 1840 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
      88. Species Ostrea elongata Born, 1778 accepted as Manupecten pesfelis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      89. Species Ostrea ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
      90. Species Ostrea erucella Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
      91. Species Ostrea exalbida Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
      92. Species Ostrea excavata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
      93. Species Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779 accepted as Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      94. Species Ostrea exotica Holten, 1802 accepted as Lissochlamys exotica (Holten, 1802)
      95. Species Ostrea exotica Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Lissochlamys exotica (Holten, 1802) (unaccepted > unavailable name, not the first validation of a non-binomial name in Chemnitz (1795))
      96. Species Ostrea fasciata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
      97. Species Ostrea fasciata Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Born, 1778 accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792) (invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea fasciata Linnaeus, 1758)
      98. Species Ostrea figurata Chemnitz, 1785 sensu Reeve, 1858 accepted as Malleus anatinus (Gmelin, 1791) (non binomial)
      99. Species Ostrea fisheri Dall, 1914 accepted as Hyotissa fisheri (Dall, 1914) (original combination)
      100. Species Ostrea flabellum Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      101. Species Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      102. Species Ostrea flavescens Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      103. Species Ostrea flavicans Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      104. Species Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795 (unaccepted, original combination; declared nomen protectum)
      105. Species Ostrea florida Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      106. Species Ostrea fluctiger Jousseaume, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      107. Species Ostrea fococarens Finlay, 1928 (unaccepted, Replacement name for O. corrugata Hutton, 1873 not Brocchi, 1814)
      108. Species Ostrea folium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      109. Species Ostrea fornicata Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted)
      110. Species Ostrea forskahlii Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      111. Species Ostrea forskali [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
      112. Species Ostrea forskäli [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
      113. Species Ostrea fragilis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      114. Species Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1759) sensu P. P. Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted, misapplication)
      115. Species Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      116. Species Ostrea fuci Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      117. Species Ostrea fucorum Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      118. Species Ostrea fusca Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      119. Species Ostrea gallina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      120. Species Ostrea gallus Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted)
      121. Species Ostrea gasar Dautzenberg, 1891 (unaccepted)
      122. Species Ostrea gibba Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      123. Species Ostrea gibbosa Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      124. Species Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
      125. Species Ostrea glabra Jousseaume, 1925 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no description)
      126. Species Ostrea glabra Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      127. Species Ostrea glacialis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      128. Species Ostrea glaciata Salis Marschlins, 1793 (unaccepted)
      129. Species Ostrea glaucina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      130. Species Ostrea glomerata A. Gould, 1850 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
      131. Species Ostrea grandis [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      132. Species Ostrea guineensis Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted)
      133. Species Ostrea haliotidaea Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      134. Species Ostrea hanleyi [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
      135. Species Ostrea hefferdi Finlay, 1928 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
      136. Species Ostrea hians Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      137. Species Ostrea hippopus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      138. Species Ostrea hiranoi F. Baker & Spicer, 1930 (unaccepted)
      139. Species Ostrea histrionica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      140. Species Ostrea hyalina Poli, 1795 (unaccepted, original combination)
      141. Species Ostrea hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
      142. Species Ostrea hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Suter, 1913 (unaccepted, misapplication)
      143. Species Ostrea imbricata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      144. Species Ostrea imbricata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea imbricata Gmelin, 1791)
      145. Species Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      146. Species Ostrea inflata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
      147. Species Ostrea inflexa Poli, 1795 (unaccepted, synonym)
      148. Species Ostrea iredalei Faustino, 1932 (unaccepted)
      149. Species Ostrea iridescens Hanley, 1854 (unaccepted)
      150. Species Ostrea isognomum Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
      151. Species Ostrea isogonum Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
      152. Species Ostrea italica Defrance, 1821 (unaccepted)
      153. Species Ostrea jacobaea Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      154. Species Ostrea jacobaea Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea jacobaea Linnaeus, 1758; O. fisheri Dall, 1914 is a replacement name)
      155. Species Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      156. Species Ostrea jubata E. Lamy, 1929 (unaccepted)
      157. Species Ostrea kauaia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
      158. Species Ostrea kupua Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
      159. Species Ostrea labrella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      160. Species Ostrea lacerans [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling of Ostrea lacerata)
      161. Species Ostrea lacerata Hanley, 1846 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea lacerata Goldfuss, 1833)
      162. Species Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi, 1814 (unaccepted)
      163. Species Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1861 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
      164. Species Ostrea laterostrata Fenaux, 1942 (unaccepted)
      165. Species Ostrea laurentii Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      166. Species Ostrea laysana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
      167. Species Ostrea legumen Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      168. Species Ostrea leonica Fréminville, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      169. Species Ostrea ligo Schreibers, 1793 (unaccepted)
      170. Species Ostrea lima Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
      171. Species Ostrea limacella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      172. Species Ostrea lischkei Löbbecke, 1882 (unaccepted)
      173. Species Ostrea lixula Weisbord, 1964 (unaccepted)
      174. Species Ostrea longiuscula Hupé, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      175. Species Ostrea lorentzianum Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
      176. Species Ostrea lucasiana Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted)
      177. Species Ostrea lutaria F. W. Hutton, 1873 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
      178. Species Ostrea maculata Born, 1778 (unaccepted, synonym)
      179. Species Ostrea maculosa Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, original combination)
      180. Species Ostrea madrasensis Preston, 1916 (unaccepted)
      181. Species Ostrea magellanica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      182. Species Ostrea malabonensis Faustino, 1932 (unaccepted)
      183. Species Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      184. Species Ostrea margaritacea Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted, original combination)
      185. Species Ostrea matonii Donovan, 1824 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      186. Species Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      187. Species Ostrea media Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      188. Species Ostrea miniata Born, 1778 (unaccepted, synonym)
      189. Species Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      190. Species Ostrea mordax A. Gould, 1850 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      191. Species Ostrea morenasi Rochebrune, 1905 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      192. Species Ostrea multistriata Hanley, 1846 (unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea multistriata Poli, 1795 and O. multistriata Deshayes, 1832; Ostrea procellosa is a replacement name)
      193. Species Ostrea multistriata Poli, 1795 (unaccepted, original combination)
      194. Species Ostrea muricata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      195. Species Ostrea muscosa W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted, original combination)
      196. Species Ostrea mustellina Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      197. Species Ostrea mytiloides Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Ostrea mytiloides Gmelin, 1791)
      198. Species Ostrea nebulosa Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      199. Species Ostrea nebulosa Poli, 1795 (unaccepted, synonym)
      200. Species Ostrea nelsoniana Zittel, 1865 (unaccepted, very doubtful synonym)
      201. Species Ostrea nippona Seki, 1934 (unaccepted, original combination)
      202. Species Ostrea nivea Brocchi, 1814 (unaccepted)
      203. Species Ostrea nodosa Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      204. Species Ostrea nomades Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted)
      205. Species Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778 (unaccepted, original combination)
      206. Species Ostrea numisma Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted, original combination)
      207. Species Ostrea obliterata Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      208. Species Ostrea obscura Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted)
      209. Species Ostrea ochroleuca Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      210. Species Ostrea oniscus E. von Martens, 1899 (unaccepted)
      211. Species Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      212. Species Ostrea orientalis Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
      213. Species Ostrea palliata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      214. Species Ostrea pallium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      215. Species Ostrea panamensis P. P. Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted)
      216. Species Ostrea parasita Küster, 1868 (unaccepted)
      217. Species Ostrea parasitica W. Turton, 1819 (unaccepted)
      218. Species Ostrea pauciplicata Deshayes, 1835 (unaccepted)
      219. Species Ostrea paulucciae Crosse, 1869 (unaccepted)
      220. Species Ostrea pecten Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      221. Species Ostrea pedum Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
      222. Species Ostrea pellucens Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      223. Species Ostrea pennigera Jousseaume, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      224. Species Ostrea perna Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
      225. Species Ostrea pesfelis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      226. Species Ostrea peslutrae Linnaeus, 1771 (unaccepted, original combination)
      227. Species Ostrea pestigris Hanley, 1846 (unaccepted)
      228. Species Ostrea picta Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      229. Species Ostrea plana Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      230. Species Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      231. Species Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      232. Species Ostrea plicata Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
      233. Species Ostrea plicatula Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, basyonym)
      234. Species Ostrea porphyrea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
      235. Species Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
      236. Species Ostrea praeadamitica Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
      237. Species Ostrea prismatica J. E. Gray, 1825 (unaccepted, original combination)
      238. Species Ostrea procellosa E. Lamy, 1929 (unaccepted)
      239. Species Ostrea procles Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted)
      240. Species Ostrea procyon Holmes, 1858 (unaccepted)
      241. Species Ostrea proteus Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted, original combination)
      242. Species Ostrea pseudangulata E. Lamy, 1930 (unaccepted)
      243. Species Ostrea punctata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      244. Species Ostrea purpurea [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted)
      245. Species Ostrea pusio Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      246. Species Ostrea pustula Jousseaume, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      247. Species Ostrea pyxidata Born, 1778 (unaccepted, original combination)
      248. Species Ostrea pyxidata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Ostrea pyxidata Born, 1778, and O. pyxidata Brocchi, 1814; Anomiostrea coralliophila is a replacement name)
      249. Species Ostrea quirites Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted)
      250. Species Ostrea radiata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      251. Species Ostrea radiata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      252. Species Ostrea radiata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 (unaccepted)
      253. Species Ostrea radula Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      254. Species Ostrea regia Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      255. Species Ostrea regula Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted, original combination)
      256. Species Ostrea reticulata Holten, 1802 (unaccepted)
      257. Species Ostrea revularis Gould, 1861 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
      258. Species Ostrea rhizophorae Guilding, 1828 (unaccepted, original combination)
      259. Species Ostrea rivularis A. Gould, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
      260. Species Ostrea rosacea Deshayes, 1836 (unaccepted)
      261. Species Ostrea rostralis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      262. Species Ostrea rostrata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      263. Species Ostrea rostrata [sic] sensu Danilo & Sandri, 1856 (unaccepted, misidentification and misspelling of Ostrea rostralis Lamarck, 1819)
      264. Species Ostrea rubella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      265. Species Ostrea rubella Lamarck, 1819 sensu R. A. Philippi, 1828 (unaccepted > misapplication)
      266. Species Ostrea rufa Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      267. Species Ostrea rufa P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted)
      268. Species Ostrea rufescens W. Turton, 1802 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      269. Species Ostrea ruscuriana Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      270. Species Ostrea rustica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      271. Species Ostrea rustica Poli, 1795 (unaccepted, synonym)
      272. Species Ostrea rutupina sensu Tenison Woods, 1878 not Jeffreys, 1864 (unaccepted)
      273. Species Ostrea sandvicensis [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
      274. Species Ostrea sandwichensis [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
      275. Species Ostrea sanguinea Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
      276. Species Ostrea sanguinolenta Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      277. Species Ostrea sauciata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      278. Species Ostrea saxatilis W. Turton, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      279. Species Ostrea scabra Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
      280. Species Ostrea scaeva Monterosato, 1915 (unaccepted)
      281. Species Ostrea scyphophilla F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      282. Species Ostrea sedea Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted)
      283. Species Ostrea sellaformis Saville-Kent, 1891 (unaccepted)
      284. Species Ostrea semicylindrica Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
      285. Species Ostrea seminuda Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      286. Species Ostrea semiplicata Küster, 1868 (unaccepted)
      287. Species Ostrea senatoria Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      288. Species Ostrea senegalensis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      289. Species Ostrea sericea Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
      290. Species Ostrea serra Dall, 1914 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea serra Lamarck, 1819; O. dalli Lamy, 1930, is a replacement name)
      291. Species Ostrea siamensis Mörch, 1853 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      292. Species Ostrea sicula Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted)
      293. Species Ostrea sinensis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      294. Species Ostrea sinuata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      295. Species Ostrea sinuosa Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      296. Species Ostrea spathulata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      297. Species Ostrea spinosa Deshayes, 1836 (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Ostrea spinosa Roemer, 1835)
      298. Species Ostrea spondyloidea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      299. Species Ostrea spreta A. d'Orbigny, 1846 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
      300. Species Ostrea squamata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      301. Species Ostrea squamosa Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      302. Species Ostrea stellata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      303. Species Ostrea striatula Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      304. Species Ostrea striatum da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted)
      305. Species Ostrea sublamellosa Milaschewitsch, 1916 (unaccepted)
      306. Species Ostrea subrotundata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      307. Species Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      308. Species Ostrea subucula Jousseaume, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      309. Species Ostrea sulcata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      310. Species Ostrea sulcata Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
      311. Species Ostrea sulphurea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      312. Species Ostrea superficialis Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      313. Species Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
      314. Species Ostrea taurica Krynicki, 1837 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      315. Species Ostrea taurica Siemaschko, 1847 (unaccepted, synonym)
      316. Species Ostrea tegula W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted, synonym)
      317. Species Ostrea thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
      318. Species Ostrea thomasi R. A. McLean, 1941 (unaccepted, junior homonym of Ostrea sellaeformis var. thomasi Glenn, 1904; Parahyotissa mcgintyi is a replacement name)
      319. Species Ostrea townsendi Melvill, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      320. Species Ostrea tranquebaria Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
      321. Species Ostrea trapezina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      322. Species Ostrea triangularis Holmes, 1856 (unaccepted)
      323. Species Ostrea tridacnaeformis L. R. Cox, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      324. Species Ostrea tuberculata Lamarck, 1804 (unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea tuberculata Olivi, 1792)
      325. Species Ostrea tuberculata Olivi, 1792 (unaccepted, original combination)
      326. Species Ostrea tubulifera Dall, 1914 (unaccepted)
      327. Species Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      328. Species Ostrea tumida W. Turton, 1819 (unaccepted, synonym)
      329. Species Ostrea turbinata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
      330. Species Ostrea turgida Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      331. Species Ostrea turturina Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted)
      332. Species Ostrea valsella Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      333. Species Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
      334. Species Ostrea versicolor Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, synonym)
      335. Species Ostrea vinolenta Hupé, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      336. Species Ostrea violacea Deshayes, 1863 (unaccepted)
      337. Species Ostrea virescens Angas, 1868 (unaccepted)
      338. Species Ostrea virginiana Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      339. Species Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      340. Species Ostrea vitrea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
      341. Species Ostrea vulgare da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted)
      342. Species Ostrea webbi Récluz, 1851 (unaccepted)
      343. Species Ostrea weberi Olsson, 1951 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      344. Species Ostrea ziczac Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
      345. Subgenus Ostrea (Ostrea) Linnaeus, 1758 (alternative representation)
        1. Species Ostrea arborea Dillwyn, 1817 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        2. Species Ostrea avalitesensis Jousseaume, 1925 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
        3. Species Ostrea concentrica Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        4. Species Ostrea conspersa Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        5. Species Ostrea epilica Brusina, 1872 (uncertain > unassessed)
        6. Species Ostrea imputata (Anton, 1838) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, status in recent literature not researched by editor)
        7. Species Ostrea lingua Lamarck, 1819 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        8. Species Ostrea mitulamellosa de Gregorio, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
        9. Species Ostrea orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        10. Species Ostrea parasitica Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        11. Species Ostrea pectinata E. von Martens, 1899 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
        12. Species Ostrea pectinigera Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        13. Species Ostrea pulchella Deshayes, 1832 (uncertain > nomen dubium, invalid: junior homonym of Ostrea pulchella Defrance, 1821)
        14. Species Ostrea pusilla Brocchi, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
        15. Species Ostrea raricosta Deshayes, 1830 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        16. Species Ostrea semiaurita Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        17. Species Ostrea solaris Born, 1778 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        18. Species Ostrea solaris Jousseaume, 1925 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
        19. Species Ostrea undata Born, 1778 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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        Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
        page(s): 696 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
        MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138298 on 2024-09-19
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        original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
        page(s): 696 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

        original description  (of Cryptostrea Harry, 1985) Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241 [details]   

        original description  (of Undulostrea Harry, 1985) Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241
        page(s): 147 [details]   

        original description  (of Myrakeena Harry, 1985) Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241
        page(s): 138 [details]   

        original description  (of Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980) Chanley, P. & Dinamani, P. (1980). Comparative descriptions of some oyster larvae from New Zealand and Chile, and a description of a new genus of oyster, Tiostrea. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 14: 103–120.</em>  [details]   

        original description  (of Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928) Orton J.H. (1928). The dominant species of <i>Ostrea</i>. <em>Nature.</em> 121 (3044): 320-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/121320b0
        note: names in this paper are unavailable because there is a disclaimer p. 121 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

        original description  (of Anodontostrea Suter, 1917) Suter, H. (1917). Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 5: i-vi, 1-93., available online at https://archive.org/details/materialsforpala19thom/page/n407/mode/2up [details]   

        original description  (of Ostrea (Bellostrea) Vialov, 1936 †) Vialov O. (1936). Sur la classification des huîtres. <em>Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS.</em> ser. 2, 4(1): 17-20. [details]   

        original description  (of Ostrea (Anodontostrea) Suter, 1917) Suter, H. (1917). Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 5: i-vi, 1-93., available online at https://archive.org/details/materialsforpala19thom/page/n407/mode/2up
        page(s): 86 [details]   

        original description  (of Conradostrea Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 †) Ward, L.W. & Blackwelder, B.W. (1987). Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at the Lee Creek Mine. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 113-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58085640
        page(s): 144 [details]   

        original description  (of Ostrea (Turkostrea) Vialov, 1936 †) Vialov O. (1936). Sur la classification des huîtres. <em>Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS.</em> ser. 2, 4(1): 17-20. [details]   

        context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]   

        additional source Archer, T. C. (1860). On a species of <em>Ostrea</em> taken from the copper sheathing on the bottom of a vessel in the Liverpool Graving Docks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 3, 5: 404-405., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320904
        page(s): 404-405 [details]   

        redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]   
        		 
         Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
        From other sources
        Authority The genusname Ostrea is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 94 en Op. 356) [details]

        Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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        LanguageName 
        English Flat oyster  [details]
        Russian Устрица  [details]
        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostrea) 
        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Undulostrea) (from synonym Undulostrea Harry, 1985)
        To Genbank (from synonym Myrakeena Harry, 1985)
        To Genbank 
        To Genbank (from synonym Ostreola Monterosato, 1884)
        To Genbank (from synonym Cryptostrea Harry, 1985)
        To Genbank (from synonym Undulostrea Harry, 1985)
        To ITIS
        From editor or global species database
        Ostrea edulis
        Ostrea edulis
        Image from typetaxon
        From other sources
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 01)
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 01)
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        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 02)
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 02)
        Image from typetaxon
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 04)
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 04)
        Image from typetaxon
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 05)
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 05)
        Image from typetaxon
        Olsen (1883, map 50)
        Olsen (1883, map 50)
        Image from typetaxon
        Platte oester
        Platte oester
        Image from typetaxon
        Schell of common European oyster
        Schell of common European oyster
        Image from typetaxon
        Schell of common European oyster
        Schell of common European oyster
        Image from typetaxon
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 03)
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 03)
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 06)
        Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898, pl. 06)
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