Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Crassostrea virginica (eastern oyster) is a bivalve mollusc, ecosystem engineer of western Atlantic estuaries, used in heat stress DNA damage research.
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Magallana gigas, the Pacific oyster, is a widely distributed oyster with a variable shell adapted to shallow coastal habitats.
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Ostrea edulis, the European flat oyster, is an edible oyster native to Europe, widely harvested and cultivated for food.
Ostrea lurida P.P.Carpenter, 1864
Ostrea lurida P.P.Carpenter, 1864
Ostrea lurida (the Olympia oyster) is a small native North American bivalve oyster harvested by Native Americans for thousands of years.
Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
Ostrea equestris, the crested oyster, is an Atlantic oyster species that humans have eaten for at least 6,000 years.
Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844
Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844
Ostrea chilensis is an oyster native to Chile and New Zealand with an introduced invasive population in Wales.
Ostrea angasi G.B.Sowerby II, 1871
Ostrea angasi G.B.Sowerby II, 1871
Ostrea angasi is a native Australian oyster that is being reintroduced to reefs it has been extinct from since 1896.
Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
Ostrea stentina is a Mediterranean oyster species of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae.
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dendostrea frons, the frond oyster, is an Ostreidae bivalve found mainly along the North American Atlantic coast, with two Irish records.
Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lopha cristagalli, the cockscomb oyster, is a suspension-feeding mollusc found on Indo-West Pacific coral reefs.
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
Saccostrea glomerata, the Sydney rock oyster, is an endemic commercially farmed oyster of Australia and New Zealand.
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