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Ostreidina

Bivalvia - Ostreida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ostreina Ferussac
1965Ostreina Newell p. 18
1982Ostreina Dockery p. 53
1983Ostreina Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 89
1984Ostreina Squires p. 44
1987Ostreina Squires p. 58
1987Ostreina Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1990Ostreina Beu et al. p. 400
1992Ostreina Ward p. 75
2000Ostreina Coan et al. p. 211
2002Ostreina Cooper p. 28
2011Ostreidina Carter et al. p. 8

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

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.

Subor. Ostreidina Ferussac 1822
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Superfm. Ostreoidea Rafinesque 1815
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Fm. †Arctostreidae Vialov 1983
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Subfm. †Palaeolophinae Malchus 1990
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G. †Nacrolopha Carter and Malchus 2011
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Nacrolopha carolae Carter and Malchus 2011
Invalid names: Oscillophini Malchus 1990 [empty]
Invalid names: Arctostreinae Vialov 1983 [empty]
Fm. †Eligmidae Gill 1871
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G. †Eligmus Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856
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Eligmus aualites Stefanini 1925
Eligmus polytypus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1856
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907
Eligmus weiri Cox 1935
Fm. Flemingostreidae Stenzel 1971
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Subfm. †Flemingostreinae Stenzel 1971
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Tr. †Ambigostreini Malchus 1990
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G. †Ambigostrea Malchus 1990
Tr. †Curvostreini Malchus 1990
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G. †Agerostrea Vialov 1936
Invalid names: Liostreinae Vialov 1983 [empty]
Fm. †Gryphaeidae Vialov 1936
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G. †Argutostrea Kosenko 2016
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Argutostrea roemeri Quenstedt 1843
G. †Circunula Koppka 2015
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Circunula cotyledon Contejean 1859
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Invalid names: Ostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837 [synonym]
Subfm. †Exogyrinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Ceratostreon Bayle 1878
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Invalid names: Exogyra spinosa Matheron 1842 [synonym], Gryphoea auricularis Brongiart 1822 [synonym], Ostrea matheroniana Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea plicifera Dujardin 1859 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Exogyra haliotoidea Sowerby 1813 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Ostrea sigmoidea Reuss 1844 [synonym]
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Exogyra complicata Mahmoud 1955 [synonym], Exogyra harpa Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Exogyra involuta Seguenza 1882 [synonym], Exogyra plicata Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites carinatus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ostrea flabella Orbigny 1848 [synonym], Ostrea flabellata Goldfuss 1845 [synonym]
Ceratostreon minos Coquand 1869
Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837
G. †Costagyra Vialov 1936
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Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850
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Invalid names: Exogyra (Exogyra) olisiponensis Sharpe 1958 [synonym], Ostrea laciniata Orbigny 1869 [synonym], Ostrea oxyntas Coquand 1880 [synonym]
G. †Exogyra Say 1820
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Subg. †Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878
Subg. †Exogyra (Costagyra) Vialov 1936
Subg. †Exogyra (Exogyra) Say 1820
Exogyra africana Lamarck 1801
Exogyra auriformis von Koenen 1897
Exogyra californica Packard 1922
Exogyra conica Sowerby 1813
Exogyra contorta Eichwald 1868
Exogyra davidsoni Whidborne 1883
Exogyra ganhamoroba Maury 1936
Exogyra griepenkerli Böhm 1891
Exogyra inornata Packard 1922
Exogyra lancha Stoyanow 1949
Exogyra miotaurinensis Sacco 1897
Exogyra mutatoria White 1887
Exogyra ostracina Lamarck 1801
Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852
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Invalid names: Exogyra decussata Goldfuss 1834 [synonym], Exogyra matheroniana Orbigny 1923 [synonym], Ostrea (Exogyra) overwegi Buch 1953 [synonym], Ostrea fourneti Coquand 1862 [synonym]
Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937
Exogyra scheibei Bohm 1926
Exogyra sergipensis Maury 1936
Exogyra solea Müller 1900
Exogyra tamaulipana Imlay 1937
Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson 1914
Exogyra wetzleri Boehm 1882
Exogyra woolmani Richards 1947
Invalid names: Chama cornu arietis Nilsson 1827 [synonym]
Tr. †Exogyrini Vialov 1936
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G. †Laevigyra Malchus 1990
G. †Fluctogyra Vialov 1936
G. †Ilymatogyra Stenzel 1971
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Subg. †Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) Malchus 1990
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Exogyra densata Conrad 1852 [synonym], Gryphaea secunda Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Ostrea africana Lamarck 1869 [synonym], Ostrea auressensis Coquand 1862 [synonym]
G. †Nanogyra Beurlen 1958
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Subg. †Nanogyra (Nanogyra) Beurlen 1958
Subg. †Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) Mirkamalov 1963
Nanogyra auricularis Munster 1833
Nanogyra crassa Smith 1819
Nanogyra monoptera Eudes-Deslongchamps and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1859
Tr. †Nanogyrini Malchus 1990
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G. †Amphidonte Fischer von Waldheim 1829
G. †Nutogyra Vialov 1936
G. †Planospirites Lamarck 1801
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Rhynchostreon etalloni Pictet and Campiche 1870
Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Exogyra arduennensis Orbigny 1967 [synonym], Exogyra mermeti Coquand 1882 [synonym], Ostrea columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Ostrea larteti Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea overwegi Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea suborbiculata Lamarck 1802 [synonym], Rhynchostreon chaperi Bayle 1878 [synonym], Rhynchostreon columbum Lamarck 1819 [synonym]
Rhynchostreon plicatulum Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Exogyra plicatula Lamarck 1910 [synonym], Ostrea ratisbonensis Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea reaumuri Coquand 1859 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Exogyra columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphaea columba Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphaea silicea Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Gryphites ratisbonensis Schlotheim 1813 [synonym]
Rhynchostreon tombeckianum d'Orbigny 1846
G. †Vultogryphaea Vialov 1936
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Vultogryphaea laciniata Nilson 1827
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Invalid names: Exogyra (Costagyra) goldfussiana Sobetski 1977 [synonym], Exogyra laciniata Goldfuss 1833 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amphidonteini Vialov 1983 [empty], Ceratostreoninae Vialov 1983 [synonym]
Subfm. †Gryphaeinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Africogryphaea Freneix 1963
G. †Deltoideum Rollier 1917
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Subg. †Deltoideum (Boreiodeltoideum) Kosenkoa 2016
Subg. †Deltoideum (Deltoideum) Rollier 1917
G. †Gryphaea Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Gryphaea (Africogryphaea) Stenzel 1971
Subg. †Gryphaea (Gryphaea) Vialov 1936
Gryphaea accipiter Anderson 1958
Gryphaea arcta Braun 1841
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801
Gryphaea arcuataeformis Kiparisova 1936
Gryphaea avicularis Münster 1841
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925
Gryphaea bilobata Sowerby 1835
Gryphaea brongniarti Bronn 1831
Gryphaea colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Ostrea gronlandica Lundgren 1895 [synonym]
Gryphaea distorta Anderson 1958
Gryphaea eversa Mellville 1843
Gryphaea gigantea Sowerby 1823
Gryphaea keilhaui Boehm 1903
Gryphaea kenkerensis Bychkov and Nechitailenko 1985
Gryphaea mccullochi Sowerby 1826
Gryphaea mucronata Gabb 1869
Gryphaea mutabilis Morton 1828
Gryphaea navia Gabb 1861
Gryphaea nevadensis McRoberts 1992
Gryphaea obliquata Sowerby 1815
Gryphaea orientalis Forbes 1846
Gryphaea pitcherii Morton 1834
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876
Gryphaea plicata Lamarck 1819
Gryphaea stomatoidea Forbes 1846
Invalid names: Liogryphaea Fischer 1886 [synonym]
G. †Liostrea Douvillé 1904
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Liostrea arabica Stefanini 1925
Liostrea birmanica Reed 1936
Liostrea bourguignati Coquand 1869
Liostrea cellae de Stefani 1913
Liostrea gauthieri Thomas and Peron 1890
Liostrea heinzi Peron and Thomas 1891
Liostrea jaxartensis Zaprudskaya 1953
Liostrea lehmanni Romanowsky 1884
Liostrea michailowskii Borneman 1960
Liostrea minor Bobkova 1961
Liostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837
Liostrea newelli Newton et al. 1987
Liostrea prima Romanowsky 1890
Liostrea roachensis Fourtau 1917
Liostrea strigilecula White 1877
Liostrea sublamellosa Dunker 1846
Liostrea tibetica Yin and McRoberts 2006
G. †Pernostrea Munier-Chalmas 1864
G. †Praeexogyra Charles 1952
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Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Liostrea) dubiensis Contejean 1935 [synonym], Ostrea exogyroides Roemer 1835 [synonym]
Praeexogyra monsbeliardensis Contejean 1859
Subfm. †Gryphaeostreinae Stenzel 1971
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G. †Curvostrea Vialov 1936
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Curvostrea heinzi Peron and Thomas 1891
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Invalid names: Liostrea boucheroni Coquand 1916 [synonym], Ostrea (Crassostrea) boucheroni Coquand 1962 [synonym], Ostrea thomasi Peron 1890 [synonym], Ostrea tunetana Munier and Chalmas 1891 [synonym]
Curvostrea isidis Fourtau 1917
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Crassostrea) delettrei Coquand 1985 [synonym], Ostrea (Liostrea) rouvillei Coquand 1862 [synonym]
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Gryphaea arrialoorensis Stoliczka 1871 [synonym], Liostrea oxiana Romanowsky 1884 [synonym], Ostrea biskarensis Coquand 1862 [synonym], Ostrea rediviva Coquand 1869 [synonym]
Curvostrea tevesthensis Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Liostrea tevesthensis Coquand 1912 [synonym], Ostrea boucheroni Coquand 1859 [synonym]
G. †Gryphaeostrea Conrad 1865
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Gryphaeostrea arduennensis d'Orbigny 1846
Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis Anderson 1905
Gryphaeostrea callophyla Ihering 1903
Gryphaeostrea kochiensis Tashiro and Kozai 1982
Gryphaeostrea lateralis Nilsson 1827
Gryphaeostrea sanjuanicus Morales-Ortega et al. 2016
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Gryphaeostrea) subeversa Conrad 1865 [synonym]
G. †Gyrostrea Mirkamalov 1963
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Subg. †Gyrostrea (Vatonnei) Malchus 1990
Gyrostrea antwani Malchus 1990
Gyrostrea anubis Malchus 1990
Gyrostrea besairiei Collignon 1949
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862
Gyrostrea hinchada Kues 1997
Gyrostrea lingua Sowerby 1840
Gyrostrea turkestanensis Bobkova 1946
Subfm. Pycnodonteinae Stenzel 1959
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G. †Gigantostrea Sacco 1897
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Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766
Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854
G. Hyotissa Stenzel 1971
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Hyotissa aguaclarensis Hodson et al. 1927
Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Ostrea gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 [synonym], Ostrea tamiamiensis Brown and Pilsbry 1932 [synonym]
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 [Honeycomb Oyster]
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Invalid names: Hyotissa fisheri Dall 1914 [synonym]
Hyotissa imbricata Lamarck 1819 [imbricated oyster]
Hyotissa paraguanensis Hodson 1931
Hyotissa polylopha Woodring 1982
Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Alectryonia) sulcata Brauns 1876 [synonym], Ostrea flabelliformis Nilsson 1833 [synonym], Ostrea sulcata Lamarck 1811 [synonym]
Hyotissa tryoni Gabb 1881
Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832
Invalid names: Parahyotissa Harry 1985 [synonym]
G. †Labrostrea Vialov 1936
G. Neopycnodonta Stenzel 1971
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Subg. †Neopycnodonta (Costellata) Garcia and Levy 1983
Subg. †Neopycnodonta (Neopycnodonte) Stenzel 1971
G. Neopycnodonte Stenzel 1971
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Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814
G. Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim 1835
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Gryphaea belli Stephenson 1941
Pycnodonta frauscheri Traub 1938
Pycnodonta rarilamella Melleville 1843
Pycnodonta vesicularis Lamarck 1806
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Invalid names: Ostrea szajnochai Choffat 1888 [synonym]
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Costeina) Vialov 1965
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) Marwick 1931
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) Sacco 1897
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Pegma) Squires and Demetrion 1990
Subg. †Pycnodonte (Phygraea) Vyalov 1936
Subg. Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) Fischer von Waldheim 1835
Pycnodonte amakusensis Tashiro 1978
Pycnodonte costei Coquand 1869
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Crassostrea) costei Coquand 1962 [synonym], Ostrea hissarensis Romanowski 1884 [synonym], Pycnodonta costei Pervinquiere 1912 [synonym]
Pycnodonte erici Hertlein 1929
Pycnodonte ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
Pycnodonte heermanni Conrad 1855
Pycnodonte loeli Hertlein 1928
Pycnodonte nigeriensis Adegoke 1977
Pycnodonte percrassa Conrad 1840
Pycnodonte squarrosa de Serres 1843
Pycnodonte trigonalis Conrad 1854
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806
Invalid names: Costeininae Vialov 1983 [synonym], Hyotissini Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty], Monticulininae Ivanov 1995 [synonym], Neopycnodontini Harry 1985 [empty], Pycnodontini Stenzel 1959 [empty]
Subfm. †Radiolaewellinae Ivanov 1995
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G. †Radiolaewella Ivanov 1995
Fm. Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815 [oyster]
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G. †Anulostrea Vialov 1936
G. Booneostrea Harry 1985
G. Crassostrea Sacco 1897
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Subg. †Crassostrea (Heterostrea) Jaworski 1913
Crassostrea afra Bohm 1926
Crassostrea angulata Sowerby 1840
Crassostrea ashleyi Hertlein 1943
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Invalid names: Ostrea altatemblorensis Grant and Eaton in Eaton Grant and Allen 1941 [synonym], Ostrea arnoldi Adegoke 1969 [synonym], Ostrea hertleini Adegoke 1969 [synonym]
Crassostrea contracta Conrad 1865
Crassostrea cucullaris Lamarck 1819
Crassostrea cuebana Jung 1974
Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806
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Invalid names: Ostrea planicosta Deshayes 1832 [synonym]
Crassostrea englekyi Hertlein 1928
Crassostrea eucorrugata Nomland 1917
Crassostrea gigas Thunberg 1793 [giant Pacific oyster]
Crassostrea gryphoides Schlotheim 1813
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Invalid names: Somalidacna lamellosa Azzaroli 1958 [synonym]
Crassostrea hatcheri Ihering 1899
Crassostrea laperrinei Lemoine 1910
Crassostrea patagonica d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Ostrea ferrarisi d'Orbigny 1842 [synonym]
Crassostrea raincourti Deshayes 1858
Crassostrea sikamea Amemiya 1928
Crassostrea soudanensis Douvillé 1920
Crassostrea tectonica Squires 2018
Crassostrea tenera Sowerby 1819
Crassostrea titan Conrad 1853
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Invalid names: Ostrea andersoni Adegoke 1969 [synonym], Ostrea ligminuta Grant and Eaton in Eaton Grant and Allen 1941 [synonym], Ostrea prior Grant and Eaton 1941 [synonym], Ostrea subjecta Conrad 1857 [synonym], Ostrea titan andersoni Adegoke 1969 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Ostrea maxima Hupé 1854 [synonym]
Crassostrea vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932
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Crassostrea virginica auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927
Crassostrea virginica labellensis Olsson and Harbison 1953
Ostrea contracta amichel Gardner 1945
Invalid names: Ostrea titan corrugata Nomland 1917 [replaced], Somalidacna Azzaroli 1958 [synonym]
Subfm. Crassostreinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
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Tr. Crassostreini Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
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G. †Acutostrea Vyalov 1936
Tr. †Flemingostreini Stenzel 1971
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G. †Kokanostrea Vyalov 1936
G. †Ostreonella Romanowski 1890
G. †Helvetostrea Koppka 2015
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Helvetostrea sequana Thurmann and Etallon 1862
G. Saccostrea Dolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920
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Saccostrea glomerata Gould 1850 [Commercial Rock Oyster]
Saccostrea mordax Gould 1850
Saccostrea palmula Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Ostrea amara Carpenter 1857 [synonym], Ostrea mexicana Sowerby 1871 [synonym], Ostrea tubulifera Dall 1914 [synonym]
G. Talonostrea Li and Qi 1994
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Talonostrea talonata Li and Qi 1994
Tr. †Turkostreini Malchus 1990
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Invalid names: Ostrea tayloriana Gabb 1866 [nomen dubium], Striostreini Harry 1985 [empty]
G. †Denostrea
G. †Kulunostrea Wei 1984
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G. †Laevostrea Men et al. 1984
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Subfm. Lophinae Vialov 1936
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G. †Abruptolopha Vialov 1936
G. Alectryonella Sacco 1897
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Alectryonella plicatula Lamarck 1801
G. †Arctostrea Pervinquiere 1910
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Arctostrea amor d'Orbigny 1850
Arctostrea avita Douvillé 1916
G. †Cameleolopha Vyalov 1936
G. Lopha Röding 1798
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Subg. †Lopha (Actinostreon) Bayle 1878
Subg. †Lopha (Arctostrea) Bobkova 1961
Subg. Lopha (Lopha) Röding 1798
Subg. †Lopha (Rastellum) Sowerby 1815
Lopha blanfordi Lees 1928
Lopha chlamydoides Martin 1922
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825
Lopha cotteaui Coquand 1869
Lopha cristagalli Linnaeus 1758 [Cock's Comb Oyster]
Lopha dageensis Guo 1985
Lopha dieneri Blanckenhorn 1890
Lopha engelmanni Meek 1860
Lopha eos Coquand 1869
Lopha euzebioi Maury 1936
Lopha haidingeriana Emmrich 1853
Lopha lombardi Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
Lopha longifolium Martin 1922
Lopha mesenterica Morton 1834
Lopha murakamii Nakazawa and Newell 1968
Lopha papieri Thomas and Peron 1890
Lopha radiata Lamarck 1819
Lopha simplexa Zhang 1977
Lopha stefaninii Diaz-Romero 1931
Lopha syphax Coquand 1854
Lopha teranosawensis Nakazawa and Newell 1968
Lopha vascularis Lu 1981
Lopha vulsa Chen 1976
Ostrea (Lopha) guppyi Woodring 1925
Ostrea (Lopha) hyotiformis Philippi 1901
Ostrea (Lopha) larva Lamarck 1953
Ostrea (Lopha) paramegodon Woodring 1925
Ostrea (Lopha) sechura Olsson 1944
G. †Oscillolopha Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
G. †Pseudoperna Logan 1899
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Ostrea congesta Conrad 1843
G. †Rastellum Faujas-St.-Fond 1799
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Subg. †Rastellum (Arctostrea) Pervinquiere 1910
Rastellum allobrogensis Pictet and Roux 1853
Rastellum carinatum Lamarck 1806
Rastellum deshayesi d'Orbigny 1853
Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767
Rastellum ricordeana d'Orbigny 1850
Invalid names: Lophini Vialov 1936 [empty], Myrakeenini Harry 1985 [empty]
G. †Margostrea Vialov 1936
G. †Nicaisolopha Vyalov 1936
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Nicaisolopha lyonsi Bullen 1898
Nicaisolopha nicaisei Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Ostrea pomeli Coquand 1869 [synonym]
Nicaisolopha tissoti Peron and Thomas 1891
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Invalid names: Ostrea forgemolli Coquand 1862 [synonym]
G. †Notostrea Finlay 1928
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G. †Oscillopha Malchus 1990
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Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849
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Invalid names: Alectryonia dichotoma Bayle 1912 [synonym], Alectryonia semiplana Sowerby 1825 [synonym], Lopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 [synonym], Ostrea acanthonata Coquand 1869 [synonym], Ostrea armata Goldfuss 1866 [synonym], Ostrea sollieri Coquand 1869 [synonym]
Oscillopha figari Fourtau 1904
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 cujiensis Hodson et al. 1927
Ostrea democraciana chirigurana 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]
Subfm. Ostreinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. †Amphidonta Fischer de Waldheim 1829
G. †Avia Vialov 1936
G. †Conradostrea Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Conradostrea greeni Ward 1992
Conradostrea lawrencei Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Conradostrea osculum Pilsbry and Brown 1927
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840
Tr. Cryptostreini Harry 1985
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G. Cryptostrea Harry 1985
G. †Cubitostrea Sacco 1897
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Subg. †Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) Sacco 1897
Cubitostrea alvarezii d'Orbigny 1842
Cubitostrea ameghinoi Ihering 1907
Cubitostrea californiana Squires 2018
Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830
Cubitostrea dubertreti Roman 1940
Cubitostrea elegans Deshayes 1832
Cubitostrea flabellula Lamarck 1806
Cubitostrea gudexi Suter 1917
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919
Cubitostrea mezquitalensis Squires and Demetrion 1990
Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832
Cubitostrea petropolitana Stenzel and J. T. 1957
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766
Cubitostrea primordialis Griffin et al. 2005
Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832
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Invalid names: Ostrea thomasii Conrad 1867 [synonym]
G. Dendostrea Swainson 1835
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Dendostrea angermanni Hertlein and Jordan 1927
Dendostrea crenulifera Sowerby 1873
Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 [foliate oyster]
Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Lopha) folioides Woodring 1925 [synonym]
Dendostrea sandvichensis Sowerby II 1871
Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855
G. †Fatina Vialov 1936
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Subg. †Fatina (Avia) Bobkova 1961
G. †Ferganea Vyalov 1936
G. †Flemingostrea Vredenburg 1916
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Flemingostrea cretacea Morton 1834
Flemingostrea haydeni Cossmann and Pissarro 1927
G. †Odontogryphaea Ihering 1903
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G. Ostreola Monterosato 1884
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Ostreola venturana Loel and Corey 1932
Tr. Pustulostreini Harry 1985
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G. Pustulostrea Harry 1985
G. †Sokolowia Boehm 1933
Tr. Undulostreini Harry 1985
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G. Undulostrea Harry 1985
Invalid names: Ostreini Rafinesque 1815 [empty], Tiostreinae Chanley and Dinamani 1980 [synonym]
G. †Peilinia
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Peilinia levicostata Kues 1997
G. †Planostrea Harry 1985
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Planostrea pestigris Hanley 1846 [flat oyster]
G. †Pulvinostrea Vialov 1936
G. †Quadrostrea Vialov 1936
Subfm. Striostreinae Harry 1985
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G. Striostrea Vyalov 1936
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Striostrea appressa Gabb 1869
Striostrea bourgeoisii Rémond 1863
Striostrea cahobasensis Pilsbry and Brown 1910
Striostrea dorsata Sowerby 1825
Striostrea freudenbergi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
Striostrea paucichomata Bolton 2013
Striostrea subtitan Loel and Corey 1932
G. †Umbrostrea Hautmann 2001
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Umbrostrea cristadifformis Schlotheim 1823
Umbrostrea emamii Hautmann 2001
Umbrostrea iranica Hautmann 2001
Umbrostrea montiscaprilis Klipstein 1843
Umbrostrea spondyloides Schlotheim 1823
Invalid names: Saccostreinae Salvi 2014 [empty]
Invalid names: Chondrotidae Freneix 1959 [empty]
Invalid names: Ostreacea Rafinesque 1815 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 09:14:10
Modified: 2010-02-16 03:18:02
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Holocene or 279.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 272.3 Ma

Collections (8649 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Phanerozoic541.0 - 0.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Gryphaeidae indet. (228254)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan Lopha teranosawensis (114532)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Japan Lopha teranosawensis (114533)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9China (Guangdong) Lopha sp. (113864)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangsu) Lopha murakamii, Lopha sp. 1 (102128)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Ostrea sp. (117891)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Lopha murakamii (97261 107816 107820 107826) Lopha simplexa (123623) Lopha sp. (105949)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Lopha sp. (50025)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Fujian) Lopha sp. 2 (102120)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Yunnan) Lopha dageensis (98544)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Lopha murakamii (114491)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) Lopha fujianensis (111747) Lopha murakamii (95481 95483 95488)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Vietnam Lopha sp. (44760)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Kazakhstan Ostreidae indet. (72324)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ostrea complicata, Ostrea spondyloides (201358)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Jordan (Janoobiah) Ostrea montiscaprilis (201986 201987 201989)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Indonesia (Timor) Ostrea sp. (205269)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Lopha sp. (42371 42375)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) Enantiostreon spondyloides (38545 44357)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Egypt (Shamal Sina) Enantiostreon spondyloides (206058)