WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815

Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID: 215

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Ostreoida (Order) > Ostreoidea (Superfamily)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Family

Parent

Ostreoidea

Sources

additional source: Harry H. W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). The Veliger 28: 121-158 [details]

additional source: Inaba A. & K. Torigoe (2004) Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 3: 63 + 9 pp., 13 pls. [details]

additional source: Stenzel H.B., 1971. Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, pt. N, vol. 3, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, pp. N953–N1224. [details]

redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

taxonomy source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Dutch	oesters	[details]
English	oysters	[details]
French	ostréidés	[details]
Swedish	ostron	[details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]

Subfamily [unassigned] Ostreidae

» Genus Anomiostrea Habe & Kosuge, 1966
» Genus Nicaisolopha Vyalov, 1936

Subfamily Crassostreinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979

» Genus Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
» Genus Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920
» Genus Striostrea Vialov, 1936
» Genus Talonostrea Li & Qi, 1994
» Genus Dioeciostrea Orton, 1928 accepted as Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
» Genus Parastriostrea Harry, 1985 accepted as Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920
» Genus Saxostrea Iredale, 1936 accepted as Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920

Subfamily Lophinae Vialov, 1936

» Genus Alectryonella Sacco, 1897
» Genus Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
» Genus Lopha Röding, 1798
» Genus Myrakeena Harry, 1985
» Genus Alectryonia Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Lopha Röding, 1798
» Genus Dendostraea accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
» Genus Dendrostraea accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
» Genus Dendrostrea accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
» Genus Pretostrea Iredale, 1939 accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835

Subfamily Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815

» Genus Booneostrea Harry, 1985
» Genus Nanostrea Harry, 1985
» Genus Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Pustulostrea Harry, 1985
» Genus Teskeyostrea Harry, 1985
» Genus Undulostrea Harry, 1985
» Genus Anodontostrea Suter, 1917 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Cryptostrea Harry, 1985 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Eostrea Ihering, 1907 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Ostreola Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Ostreum da Costa, 1776 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Planostrea Harry, 1985 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Links

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LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	db_admin
2006-01-04 12:34:08Z	changed	Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-10-30 10:35:41Z	checked	Bouchet, Philippe

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Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Ostreidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215 on 2013-05-22

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