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Ostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Species
Ostraea decemcostata, Ostraea liscaviensis, Ostraea multicostata, Ostraea placunoides, Ostraea scabiosa, Ostraea spondyloides, O. (Alectryonia), O. (Bellostrea), O. (Catinula), O. (Eostrea), O. (Euostrea), O. (Gryphaea), O. (Liostrea), O. (Nanostrea), O. (Ostrea), O. abeokutaensis, O. albertensis, O. amorpha, O. angasi, O. angelica, O. angusta, O. antarctica, O. arenicola, O. asseezi, O. aupouria, O. bathonica, O. baylei, O. beloiti, O. berkeyi, O. biauriculata (syn. O. lesueuri), O. bicolor, O. blackensis, O. blanipedi, O. brewerii, O. brongniarti, O. buski, O. calceoformis, O. calceolus, O. californica, O. carolinensis, O. cassis, O. castellobrancoi, O. chilensis (syn. O. lutaria), O. chudeaui, O. collazica, O. complicata, O. compressirostra, O. conchaphila, O. conica, O. costaricensis, O. crandalli, O. crenulimarginata, O. crescentica, O. cristata, O. cubitus, O. cumingiana, O. cymbula, O. cynthiae, O. davaiacensis, O. democraciana, O. directa, O. dorsalis, O. durotoyei, O. edulis (syn. O. (Ostrea) lamellosa), O. edwilsoni, O. elegantula, O. eorivularis, O. equestris, O. flavicans, O. foisseyi, O. forskali, O. fraasi, O. friryi, O. frondosa, O. fundata, O. gajensis, O. georgiana, O. germaini, O. gingensis, O. glabra, O. golfotristensis, O. hinnites, O. hippopus, O. hyotidoidea, O. inca, O. incisa, O. indigena, O. inornata, O. invalida, O. iridescens, O. islandicus, O. jogjacartensis, O. johnsoni, O. kahoensis, O. kauffmani, O. khamirensis, O. latimarginata, O. lipoldi, O. ludensis, O. lunaeformis, O. lurida, O. maculosa, O. malleiformis, O. manubriata, O. marcignyana, O. marginidentata, O. marshiiformis, O. mauricensis, O. mediocostata, O. merceyi, O. messor, O. meunieri, O. minbuensis, O. minerensis, O. minuta, O. miradorensis, O. monetalis, O. monroensis, O. negritensis, O. neuquena, O. nodosa, O. normalis, O. obliterata, O. olequahensis, O. olisiponensis, O. olowui, O. omatsolae, O. oxiana, O. paleomarginidentata, O. pangadiensis, O. paracasensis, O. parasitica, O. paroxis, O. parrensis, O. pejerreyensis, O. pellucens, O. pesfelis, O. pesleonis, O. petrosa, O. peytoni, O. philippii, O. pictetiana, O. pileosimilis, O. placunoides, O. plicatula, O. portoricoensis, O. praelonga, O. princeps, O. procyonis, O. prona, O. protoimbricata, O. pseudocrassissima, O. pseudodigitalina, O. pseudorissensis, O. pulaskensis, O. radula, O. raveneliana, O. reniformis, O. resupinata, O. retusa, O. roncana (syn. O. longirostris), O. rugosa, O. russelli, O. sakaryaensis, O. sakitoensis, O. samanensis, O. sanctaecrucis, O. sandalina, O. sanguinea, O. sansebastiana, O. saxitoniana, O. semidentata, O. seymourensis, O. sohli, O. soleniscus, O. sookensis, O. spondyloides, O. stentina, O. striatula, O. sturtiana, O. subangulata, O. subanomia, O. submissa, O. subradiosa, O. subuncinella, O. superficialis, O. supranummulitica, O. tacalensis, O. taxidonta, O. tegulanea, O. thalassoklusta, O. turkestanensis, O. turkestanensis, O. uncinta, O. ungulata, O. vaughani, O. ventilabrum, O. venusta, O. vermicostata, O. vestita, O. weaveri, O. wiedenmayeri, O. wilckensi, O. wollastoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea Linnaeus
1860Ostrea Holmes p. 9
1876Ostrea elegantula Newberry
1895Ostrea Stanton p. 34
1913Ostrea Böhm and Weisfermel p. 61
1916Ostraea Weaver p. 36
1922Ostrea Packard p. 420
1922Ostrea Woods p. 64
1923Ostrea Clark and Arnold p. 138
1925Ostrea Woodring p. 59
1926Ostrea Bohm p. 56
1928Ostrea Nagao p. 32
1931Ostrea Olsson p. 40
1935Ostrea Oostingh p. 143
1937Ostrea Russell and Landes p. 139
1938Ostrea Turner p. 46
1938Ostrea Woodring p. 42
1939Pretostrea Iredale
1939Ostrea Mukerjee p. 32
1944Ostrea Durham p. 137
1957Ostrea Rivera p. 191
1969Ostrea da Silva Forti p. 74
1977Ostrea Adegoke p. 236
1977Ostrea Wozny p. 102
1980Tiostrea Chanley and Dinamani
1980Ostrea Vokes p. 66
1982Ostrea Dockery p. 53
1983Ostrea Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 91
1983Ostrea Zinsmeister p. 1826
1984Ostrea Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 98
1984Ostrea Squires p. 44
1986Ostrea Kensley and Pether p. 201
1987Ostrea Moore p. 27
1987Ostrea Squires p. 58
1988Ostrea Freneix et al. p. 5
1990Ostrea Beu et al. p. 396
1990Tiostrea Beu et al. p. 396
1992Ostrea Ward p. 76
1998Ostrea Casadio p. 451
1998Ostrea Lamprell and Healy p. 132
1999Ostrea Wienrich p. 224
2002Ostrea Marquet
2002Myrakeena Sepkoski
2002Ostrea Sepkoski
2004Ostrea Stilwell et al. p. 21
2005Ostrea Schneider et al. p. 114
2008Myrakeena Powell p. 9
2010Myrakeena Bouchet et al.
2010Ostrea Bouchet et al.
2010Tiostrea Bouchet et al.
2016Ostrea Morales-Ortega et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOstreaLinnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ostrea Linnaeus 1758
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Ostraea decemcostata Goldfuss 1833
Ostraea liscaviensis Giebel 1856
Ostraea multicostata Goldfuss 1833
Ostraea placunoides Goldfuss 1833
Ostraea scabiosa Giebel 1856
Ostraea spondyloides Schlotheim 1833
Subg. †Ostrea (Alectryonia) Fischer de Waldheim 1807
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Alectryonia clotbeyi Bellardi 1854
Alectryonia ludoviciana Harris 1919
Alectryonia martinsi Archiac 1850
Alectryonia parasitica Krumbeck 1913
Subg. †Ostrea (Bellostrea) Vialov 1936
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Subg. †Ostrea (Catinula) Rollier 1911
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Ostrea (Catinula) ancliffensis Cox and Arkell 1948
Subg. †Ostrea (Eostrea) Ihering 1907
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Subg. †Ostrea (Euostrea) Douvillé 1920
Subg. †Ostrea (Gryphaea) Oppenheim 1908
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Ostrea (Gryphaea) katzeri Oppenheim 1908
Subg. †Ostrea (Liostrea) Douvillé 1904
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Subg. †Ostrea (Nanostrea) Harry 1985
Subg. Ostrea (Ostrea) Linnaeus 1758
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Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis Aldrich 1904
Ostrea (Ostrea) duvali Gardner 1927
Ostrea (Ostrea) osiris Zittel 1883
Ostrea (Ostrea) promensis Noetling 1901
Ostrea (Ostrea) subdigitalina Olsson and Harbison 1953
Ostrea (Ostrea) tegalensis Oostingh 1935
Ostrea abeokutaensis Adegoke 1977
Ostrea albertensis Russell and Landes 1937
Ostrea amorpha Forbes 1846
Ostrea angasi Sowerby 1846
Ostrea angelica Rochebrune 1895
Ostrea angusta Deshayes 1824
Ostrea antarctica Zinsmeister 1984
Ostrea arenicola Tate 1886
Ostrea asseezi Adegoke 1977
Ostrea aupouria Dinamani 1981
Ostrea bathonica Orbigny 1850
Ostrea baylei Gueranger 1853
Ostrea beloiti Logan 1899
Ostrea berkeyi Maury 1920
Ostrea biauriculata Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Ostrea lesueuri d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
Ostrea bicolor Hanley 1854
Ostrea blackensis Stephenson 1923
Ostrea blanipedi Howe 1937
Ostrea brewerii Gabb 1864
Ostrea brongniarti Bronn 1856
Ostrea buski Woods 1922
Ostrea calceoformis Broili 1904
Ostrea calceolus Zieten 1923
Ostrea californica Mareon 1858
Ostrea carolinensis Conrad 1832
Ostrea cassis Nagao 1928
Ostrea castellobrancoi Maury 1936
Ostrea chilensis Philippi 1844
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Invalid names: Ostrea lutaria Hutton 1885 [synonym]
Ostrea chudeaui Douvillé 1920
Ostrea collazica Maury 1920
Ostrea complicata Goldfuss 1833
Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter 1857
Ostrea conica Stoppani 1865
Ostrea costaricensis Olsson 1922
Ostrea crandalli Hanna 1927
Ostrea crescentica Packard 1922
Ostrea cristata Born 1778
Ostrea cubitus Deshayes 1832
Ostrea cumingiana Dunker 1846
Ostrea cymbula Lamarck 1806
Ostrea cynthiae Maury 1912
Ostrea davaiacensis Lissajous 1923
Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al. 1927
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Ostrea democraciana chirigurana Hodson et al. 1927
Ostrea democraciana cujiensis Hodson et al. 1927
Ostrea directa Blanckenhorn 1890
Ostrea dorsalis Azzaroli 1958
Ostrea durotoyei Adegoke 1977
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa Brocchi 1814 [synonym]
Ostrea edwilsoni Stoyanow 1949
Ostrea eorivularis Oyama and Mizuno 1958
Ostrea equestris heothina Woodring 1982
Ostrea flavicans Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea foisseyi Lemoine 1906
Ostrea forskali Chemnitz 1785
Ostrea fraasi Mayer-Eymar 1888
Ostrea friryi Meunier 1906
Ostrea frondosa de Serres 1829
Ostrea fundata Say 1834
Ostrea gajensis Vredenburg 1928
Ostrea georgiana Conrad 1834
Ostrea germaini Coquand 1869
Ostrea gingensis Schlotheim 1813
Ostrea glabra Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea golfotristensis Maury 1912
Ostrea hinnites Stoppani 1865
Ostrea hippopus Tate 1886
Ostrea hyotidoidea Tate 1899
Ostrea inca Woods 1922
Ostrea incisa Martin 1883
Ostrea indigena Anderson 1938
Ostrea inornata Meek and Hayden 1860
Ostrea invalida White 1887
Ostrea islandicus Müller 1776
Ostrea jogjacartensis Martin 1914
Ostrea johnsoni Aldrich 1886
Ostrea kahoensis Nagao 1928
Ostrea kauffmani Adegoke 1977
Ostrea khamirensis Cox 1936
Ostrea latimarginata Vredenburg 1908
Ostrea lipoldi Bittner 1901
Ostrea ludensis Deshayes 1861
Ostrea lunaeformis Nagao 1928
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864
Ostrea maculosa Forskål 1775
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864
Ostrea manubriata Tate 1887
Ostrea marcignyana Martin 1860
Ostrea marginidentata Wood 1861
Ostrea marshiiformis Münster 1841
Ostrea mauricensis Gabb 1860
Ostrea mediocostata von Wöhrmann 1889
Ostrea merceyi Coquand 1862
Ostrea messor Maury 1925
Ostrea messor colombiensis Weisbord 1929
Ostrea meunieri Douvillé 1920
Ostrea minbuensis Cotter 1923
Ostrea minerensis Russell and Landes 1937
Ostrea minuta Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea miradorensis Olsson 1931
Ostrea monetalis Martin 1931
Ostrea monroensis Mansfield 1932
Ostrea negritensis Olsson 1928
Ostrea neuquena Ihering 1907
Ostrea nodosa Goldfuss 1835
Ostrea normalis Gardner 1926
Ostrea obliterata Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea olequahensis Weaver 1912
Ostrea olisiponensis Sharpe 1850
Ostrea olowui Adegoke 1977
Ostrea omatsolae Adegoke 1977
Ostrea oxiana Romanowsky 1884
Ostrea pangadiensis Hislop 1859
Ostrea paracasensis Rivera 1957
Ostrea parasitica Gmelin 1791
Ostrea paroxis Lesueur 1829
Ostrea parrensis Vega et al. 1999
Ostrea pejerreyensis Rivera 1957
Ostrea pellucens Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea pesfelis Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea pesleonis Forbes 1846
Ostrea petrosa Fuchs 1879
Ostrea peytoni Richards 1947
Ostrea philippii Ortmann 1897
Ostrea pictetiana Stoppani 1860
Ostrea pileosimilis Martin 1931
Ostrea placunoides Münster 1863
Ostrea plicatula Gmelin 1791
Ostrea portoricoensis Hubbard 1920
Ostrea praelonga Sharpe 1855
Ostrea princeps Wood 1850
Ostrea procyonis Maury 1924
Ostrea prona Wood 1861
Ostrea protoimbricata Vredenburg 1928
Ostrea pseudorissensis Vredenburg 1928
Ostrea pulaskensis Harris 1892
Ostrea radula Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea raveneliana Tuomey and Holmes 1855
Ostrea reniformis Münster 1863
Ostrea resupinata Deshayes 1858
Ostrea retusa Sowerby 1871
Ostrea roncana Partsch 1870
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Invalid names: Ostrea longirostris Lamarck 1806 [synonym]
Ostrea rugosa Smith 1817
Ostrea russelli Russell and Landes 1937
Ostrea sakaryaensis Stchepinsky 1941
Ostrea sakitoensis Nagao 1928
Ostrea samanensis Olsson 1928
Ostrea sanctaecrucis Pictet and Campiche 1869
Ostrea sandalina Goldfuss 1834
Ostrea sanguinea Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea sansebastiana Maury 1920
Ostrea saxitoniana McLearn 1929
Ostrea semidentata Böhm 1891
Ostrea seymourensis Zinsmeister 1984
Ostrea sohli Adegoke 1977
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893
Ostrea sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Ostrea spondyloides Schlotheim 1820
Ostrea stentina Payraudeau 1826
Ostrea striatula Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea sturtiana Tate 1886
Ostrea subangulata d'Orbigny 1852
Ostrea subanomia Münster 1856
Ostrea submissa Deshayes 1864
Ostrea subradiosa Bohm 1926
Ostrea subuncinella Böhm 1891
Ostrea superficialis Forskål 1775
Ostrea supranummulitica Zittel 1862
Ostrea tacalensis Hodson et al. 1927
Ostrea taxidonta Packard 1922
Ostrea tegulanea Forbes 1846
Ostrea thalassoklusta Maury 1912
Ostrea turkestanensis Bornemann 1938
Ostrea turkestanensis Romanovski 1880
Ostrea uncinta Lamarck 1806
Ostrea ungulata Nyst 1843
Ostrea vaughani Dall 1915
Ostrea vaughani insularis Pilsbry and Brown 1917
Ostrea ventilabrum Goldfuss 1826
Ostrea venusta Braun 1841
Ostrea vermicostata von Wöhrmann 1889
Ostrea vestita Fuchs 1883
Ostrea weaveri Dickerson 1914
Ostrea wiedenmayeri Hodson et al. 1927
Ostrea wilckensi Ihering 1907
Ostrea wollastoni Finlay 1927
Invalid names: Myrakeena [synonym], Ostrea elegantula Newberry 1876 [nomen oblitum], Pretostrea Iredale 1939 [synonym], Tiostrea Chanley and Dinamani 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height2412.26.5033.39.856.89

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Holocene or 259.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.17 Ma

Collections (2474 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (117891)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Indonesia (Timor) O. sp. (205269)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) O. complicata, O. spondyloides (201358)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) O. complicata (206384)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary O. sp. (81051)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina O. sp. (203800)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Bayern) O. complicata, O. spondyloides, O. placunoides, O. subanomia, O. reniformis (201350)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ostraea liscaviensis, Ostraea scabiosa, Ostraea decemcostata, Ostraea spondyloides, Ostraea multicostata, Ostraea placunoides (201970)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0USA (Nevada) O. sp. (100454)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) O. astrocina, O. subanomia, O. reniformis (89457)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen O. sp. (212183)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) O. calceoformis (44953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Papua New Guinea O. sp. (137264)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany O. pictetiana (206036) O. vermicostata, O. pictetiana (206037)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia O. lipoldi (206261)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Bavaria) O. pictetiana (206038)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria (Tyrol) O. vermicostata, O. pictetiana (202331)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary O. monticaprilis (203176)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria O. mediocostata (206002)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3USA (Alaska) O. sp. (112238 112239 112240 112257)