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Ostrea (Ostrea)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea (Ostrea) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ostrea by Oostingh (1935), DuBar (1958), da Silva Forti (1969), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Moore (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Marquet (2002), Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Subtaxa
Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis, Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii, Ostrea (Ostrea) bataviana, Ostrea (Ostrea) bomasensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) djuvanaensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) duvali, Ostrea (Ostrea) intermedoides, Ostrea (Ostrea) njalindungensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) osiris, Ostrea (Ostrea) paulucciae, Ostrea (Ostrea) podagrina, Ostrea (Ostrea) promensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) puruensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) spolongensis, Ostrea (Ostrea) subdigitalina, Ostrea (Ostrea) tegalensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Ostrea agnevoensis, Ostrea ajatensis, Ostrea arkotensis, Ostrea boriesi, Ostrea boussaci, Ostrea bryani, Ostrea chillyensis, Ostrea cimana, Ostrea cunabula, Ostrea densata, Ostrea denselamellosa, Ostrea duvergieri, Ostrea elhuyari, Ostrea eothirsae, Ostrea equatoralis, Ostrea equatorialis, Ostrea erina, Ostrea esutoruensis, Ostrea fimbriata, Ostrea guaranitica, Ostrea idriaensis, Ostrea idrianensis, Ostrea lapillicola, Ostrea longiuscula, Ostrea mackayi, Ostrea maradensis, Ostrea maxima, Ostrea mcnairyensis, Ostrea mesentrica, Ostrea mitsuiana, Ostrea palaemon, Ostrea pauciplicata, Ostrea penegemmea, Ostrea perirregularis, Ostrea petrosal, Ostrea restinensis, Ostrea rouardti, Ostrea rouaulti, Ostrea rudicula, Ostrea sakaryensis, Ostrea sallomacensis, Ostrea selleformis, Ostrea sicardi, Ostrea sinuosa, Ostrea skidegatensis, Ostrea sloani, Ostrea sublingua, Ostrea tigiliana, Ostrea trachydiscus, Ostrea virgata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea (Ostrea) Linnaeus
1935Ostrea (Ostrea) Oostingh p. 143
1958Ostrea (Ostrea) DuBar p. 157
1969Ostrea (Ostrea) da Silva Forti p. 74
1983Ostrea (Ostrea) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 92
1987Ostrea (Ostrea) Moore pp. 27, 28
1988Ostrea (Ostrea) Freneix et al. p. 5
2002Ostrea (Ostrea) Marquet
2003Ostrea (Ostrea) Mandic and Steininger p. 276

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

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available