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Taxonomy
Ostrea virginica was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.
It was corrected as Ostrea virginiana by Holmes (1860), Dall (1898) and Clark (1906); it was recombined as Ostrea (Crassostrea) virginica by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Crassostrea virginica by Sacco (1897), DuBar (1958), Richards (1962), De Buisonjé (1974), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Ward (1998), Spencer et al. (2004), Bolton and Portell (2013), Raith et al. (2016).
It was corrected as Ostrea virginiana by Holmes (1860), Dall (1898) and Clark (1906); it was recombined as Ostrea (Crassostrea) virginica by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Crassostrea virginica by Sacco (1897), DuBar (1958), Richards (1962), De Buisonjé (1974), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Ward (1998), Spencer et al. (2004), Bolton and Portell (2013), Raith et al. (2016).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alabamensis, C. amichel, C. anguasta, C. bersonensis, C. brongiarti, C. cortex, C. crassicostata, C. crassicostata, C. crassissima, C. cusseta, C. cymbaeformis, C. dichotoma, C. distans, C. eldridgei, C. extensa, C. fimbriata, C. freudenbergi, C. frionis, C. gajensis, C. gigensis, C. gingensis, C. gravitesta, C. kiowana, C. labellensis, C. makarovi, C. margaritacea, C. normalis, C. prismatica, C. roncana, C. rutriformis, C. ryosekiensis, C. soleniscus, C. soleniscus, C. sunakozakaensis, C. tecticosta, C. tigiliana, C. transitor, C. trigonalis, C. tuberculata, C. uandiensis, C. vaughani, C. yoshimoensis, C. rarilamella, Gryphaea gryphoides, Ostrea pretigris
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1791 | Ostrea virginica Gmelin |
| 1860 | Ostrea virginiana Holmes p. 10 |
| 1897 | Crassostrea virginica Sacco |
| 1898 | Ostrea virginiana Dall |
| 1906 | Ostrea virginiana Clark |
| 1953 | Ostrea (Crassostrea) virginica Olsson and Harbison p. 49 |
| 1958 | Crassostrea virginica DuBar p. 158 |
| 1962 | Crassostrea virginica Richards p. 55 |
| 1974 | Crassostrea virginica De Buisonjé p. 231 figs. Pl 8, fig 2 |
| 1987 | Crassostrea virginica Ward and Blackwelder p. 144 |
| 1998 | Crassostrea virginica Ward p. 79 |
| 2004 | Crassostrea virginica Spencer et al. |
| 2013 | Crassostrea virginica Bolton and Portell p. 74 |
| 2016 | Crassostrea virginica Raith et al. p. 269 figs. Fig. 3 |
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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.
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 [eastern oyster]
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†Crassostrea virginica auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
†Crassostrea virginica labellensis Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available