Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Ostreoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Beu 2006, Beu et al. 1990, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark and Arnold 1923, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, DuBar 1958, Glenn 1904, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Lam and Morton 2009, Marquet 2002, Moneer et al. 2024, Moore 1987, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Olsson 1931, Rivera 1957, Ronchetti 1970, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Rosenberg 2005, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Schnetler et al. 2024, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Squires 2018, Stanton 1895, Stilwell et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Anulostrea Booneostrea Crassostrea Crassostreinae Denostrea Kulunostrea Laevostrea Lophinae Margostrea Nicaisolopha Notostrea Oscillopha Ostrea Ostreinae Peilinia Planostrea Pulvinostrea Quadrostrea Saccostreinae Striostreinae Umbrostrea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder