WoRMS taxon details
Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Crassostreinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
- Genus Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
- Genus Magallana Salvi & Mariottini, 2016
- Genus Talonostrea X.-X. Li & Z.-Y. Qi, 1994
- Genus Dioeciostrea Orton, 1928 accepted as Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 (genus name unavailable)
- Genus Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 sensu Ranson, 1955 accepted as Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Subfamily Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Alectryonella Sacco, 1897
- Genus Anomiostrea T. Habe & Kosuge, 1966
- Genus Booneostrea Harry, 1985
- Genus Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
- Genus Lopha Röding, 1798
- Genus Nanostrea Harry, 1985
- Genus Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Planostrea Harry, 1985
- Genus Pustulostrea Harry, 1985
- Genus Teskeyostrea Harry, 1985
- Genus Alectryonia Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Lopha Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Anodontostrea Suter, 1917 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Genus Cryptostrea Harry, 1985 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Dendostraea accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835 (misspelling by Sowerby, 1839)
- Genus Dendrostraea accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835 (misspelling by Swainson, 1840)
- Genus Dendrostrea accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835 (misspelling by Woodward, 1851)
- Genus Eostrea Ihering, 1907 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Genus Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (genus name unavailable)
- Genus Myrakeena Harry, 1985 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Ostraea [sic] accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others)
- Genus Ostreola Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Ostreum da Costa, 1776 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (Unjustified emendation)
- Genus Pretostrea Iredale, 1939 accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Genus Undulostrea Harry, 1985 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
- Subfamily Saccostreinae Salvi & Mariottini, 2016
- Genus Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920
- Genus Parastriostrea Harry, 1985 accepted as Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920 (synonym)
- Genus Saxostrea Iredale, 1936 accepted as Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920 (synonym)
- Subfamily Striostreinae Harry, 1985
- Genus Striostrea Vialov, 1936
- Subfamily Lophinae Vialov, 1936 accepted as Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily Ostreidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Ostreacia. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] Available for editors
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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. [details]
Other
additional source
Inaba, A. & Torigoe, K. (2004). Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 3: 1-63, pl.1-13, (1)-(9)., available online at https://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=222750 [details]
additional source Stenzel, H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. <em>Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.</em> Vol. 3: i-iv, N953–N1224. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Salvi D., Macali A. & Mariottini P. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(9): e108696., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108696 [details]
additional source Ó Foighil, D.; Taylor, D. J. (2000). Evolution of parental care and ovulation behavior in oysters. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 15(2): 301-313., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1999.0755 [details]
additional source Harry H.W. (1986). Sententia: the relevancy of the generic concept to the geographic distribution of living oysters (Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 4: 157-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45940058 [details]
additional source Nicol, D. (1984). Critique on Stenzel's book on the Ostracea. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 98(3): 123-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277157 [details]
additional source Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241 [details]
additional source Stenzel, H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. <em>Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.</em> Vol. 3: i-iv, N953–N1224. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Salvi D., Macali A. & Mariottini P. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(9): e108696., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108696 [details]
additional source Ó Foighil, D.; Taylor, D. J. (2000). Evolution of parental care and ovulation behavior in oysters. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 15(2): 301-313., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1999.0755 [details]
additional source Harry H.W. (1986). Sententia: the relevancy of the generic concept to the geographic distribution of living oysters (Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 4: 157-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45940058 [details]
additional source Nicol, D. (1984). Critique on Stenzel's book on the Ostracea. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 98(3): 123-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277157 [details]
additional source Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | oesters | [details] |
| English | oysters | [details] |
| French | ostréidés | [details] |
| German | Austern | [details] |
| Japanese | イタボガキ科 | [details] |
| Swedish | ostron | [details] |
