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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
†Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927
†Crassostrea virginica labellensis Olsson and Harbison 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (131 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleocene | India (Gujarat) | Crassostrea virginica (171803) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene | Haiti | Ostrea virginica (173458) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (New Jersey) | Ostrea virginica (59335 59336 59717 59720) | |
| Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Ostrea virginica (61019 61033 61035 61038) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Crassostrea virginica (18579) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | Ostrea virginica (58817) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela | Crassostrea virginica (130981) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Ostrea virginica (61024 61026 135499) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Ostrea virginica (61036) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | Ostrea virginica (58870) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Curaçao | Crassostrea virginica (209191) | |
| Messinian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Ostrea virginica (60802) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Crassostrea virginica (60415 60417 60647) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Ostrea virginica (58821 58874) | |
| Zanclean | Venezuela (Falcon) | Ostrea virginica (60804) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Crassostrea virginica (41749) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Crassostrea virginica (79708) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Virginia) | Crassostrea virginica (80038) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Crassostrea virginica (131237) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | Mexico (Veracruz) | Ostrea virginica (59292) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Crassostrea virginica (58897 80033 80034 80035) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Crassostrea virginica (41497 41718 61309 79786 80024) Ostrea virginica (79335) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | Ostrea virginica (80304 80307) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Crassostrea virginica (60944 66762) Ostrea virginiana (92407) Ostrea virginica (92408) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Crassostrea virginica (80083) Ostrea virginiana (79950) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Crassostrea virginica (7108) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Crassostrea virginica (66600 66603 66611 66612 66614 66615 66616 66617 66618 66621 66622 66623 66624 66625 66626 66627 66628) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Delaware) | Crassostrea virginica (66701 66702) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Crassostrea virginica (66377 66380) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Florida) | Crassostrea virginica (41705) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Ostrea virginiana (79767) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Ostrea virginica (67069) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Crassostrea virginica (69034 79731 96538) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Crassostrea virginica (66742 66746 66747 66748 66749 66750 66751 66754 66763 69045 69047) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Crassostrea virginica (66724 66725 66726 66727) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Ostrea virginica (61270) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Crassostrea virginica (57702 57703 57704 57705 57706 69048 69049) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Crassostrea virginica (66706 66707 66708 66709 66717 66718 66720 66721 66722 66728 71640) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Crassostrea virginica (60924 60925 60926 60927 60930 66756 66758 66760 69046) Ostrea virginica (92404) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (New York) | Crassostrea virginica (81751) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Ostrea virginica (61267 61268 61269) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Crassostrea virginica (41934 41935 41936 92772 92775 92776) |