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Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

1304109  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1304109)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Ostreida (Order)
  6. Ostreidae (Family)
  7. Ostrea (Genus)
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Genus
Anodontostrea Suter, 1917 † · unaccepted (synonym)
Eostrea Ihering, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myrakeena Harry, 1985 · unaccepted
Ostreum da Costa, 1776 † · unaccepted (Unjustified emendation)
Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Ostrea acuminata J. Sowerby, 1816
  2. Species Ostrea algoensis Sowerby II, 1871
  3. Species Ostrea aliena S.V. Wood, 1861
  4. Species Ostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939)
  5. Species Ostrea angasi G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  6. Species Ostrea archiaciana d'Orbigny
  7. Species Ostrea arenaria Deshayes
  8. Species Ostrea arenicola Tate †
  9. Species Ostrea atherstonei Newton, 1913
  10. Species Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981 †
  11. Species Ostrea bellovacensis Deshayes †
  12. Species Ostrea bellovacina Lamarck, 1806 †
  13. Species Ostrea calliata Goldfuss
  14. Species Ostrea callifera Bronn
  15. Species Ostrea candata Muenster
  16. Species Ostrea carinata
  17. Species Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küste, 1844 †
  18. Species Ostrea cochlearia Lamarck
  19. Species Ostrea collini Merian
  20. Species Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter, 1857
  21. Species Ostrea contracta Conrad †
  22. Species Ostrea couloni
  23. Species Ostrea crassissima Lamarck
  24. Species Ostrea crenulifera G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  25. Species Ostrea crepidula Defrance
  26. Species Ostrea cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
  27. Species Ostrea cristata Born, 1778
  28. Species Ostrea cubitus †
  29. Species Ostrea cucullina Deshayes, 1863
  30. Species Ostrea cymbium Deshayes
  31. Species Ostrea cymbularis Muenster
  32. Species Ostrea deltoidea Lamarck
  33. Species Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
  34. Species Ostrea dentata Defrance
  35. Species Ostrea denticulata (Born, 1778)
  36. Species Ostrea digitalina Eichwald
  37. Species Ostrea divaricata Say
  38. Species Ostrea edulina Lamarck
  39. Species Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  40. Species Ostrea elongata Deshayes
  41. Species Ostrea eparnacensis
  42. Species Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
  43. Species Ostrea eversa
  44. Species Ostrea exigua Harry, 1985
  45. Species Ostrea extensa Deshayes
  46. Species Ostrea flabelliformis Lamarck
  47. Species Ostrea flabelloides Lamarck
  48. Species Ostrea flabellula Sowerby
  49. Species Ostrea flabellulum
  50. Species Ostrea fossula Bronn
  51. Species Ostrea fragillima Deshayes
  52. Species Ostrea futamiensis Seki, 1929
  53. Species Ostrea galloprovincialis Matheron
  54. Species Ostrea georgiana Jay
  55. Species Ostrea gigantea J. Sowerby, 1814 †
  56. Species Ostrea gingensis
  57. Species Ostrea gryphoorcina S.V. Wood, 1861
  58. Species Ostrea hippopus Tate †
  59. Species Ostrea hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  60. Species Ostrea idriaensis Gabb, 1869 †
  61. Species Ostrea imbricata Lamarck, 1819
  62. Species Ostrea imputata Anton, 1838
  63. Species Ostrea inaequivalvis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  64. Species Ostrea inflata Deshayes
  65. Species Ostrea ingens Zittel
  66. Species Ostrea lacerata Goldfuss
  67. Species Ostrea lamellaris Deshayes †
  68. Species Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi, 1814
  69. Species Ostrea lateratus Nilson
  70. Species Ostrea laticaudata Carpenter
  71. Species Ostrea latimarginata
  72. Species Ostrea lentiginosa G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  73. Species Ostrea libella Weisbord, 1964
  74. Species Ostrea lingua G.B. Sowerby †
  75. Species Ostrea lixula Weisbord, 1964
  76. Species Ostrea longicollis Lamarck
  77. Species Ostrea lurida Carpenter, 1864
  78. Species Ostrea manubriata Tate, 1887 †
  79. Species Ostrea margaritacea Lamarck, 1819
  80. Species Ostrea megadon Hanley, 1846
  81. Species Ostrea nettelbladti Koch & Weichmann, C M
  82. Species Ostrea numisma Lamarck, 1819
  83. Species Ostrea orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758
  84. Species Ostrea plana Deshayes
  85. Species Ostrea plicata Defrance
  86. Species Ostrea plicatula Gmelin, 1791
  87. Species Ostrea polliata
  88. Species Ostrea praia
  89. Species Ostrea princeps S.V. Wood
  90. Species Ostrea procellosa Lamy, 1929
  91. Species Ostrea procles Iredale, 1939
  92. Species Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842
  93. Species Ostrea pulchra J. Sowerby, 1821
  94. Species Ostrea radiata Bory de St Vincent, 1824
  95. Species Ostrea radiosa Deshayes
  96. Species Ostrea rhenana Merian
  97. Species Ostrea sandvicensis Sowerby II, 1871
  98. Species Ostrea semiaurita Linnaeus, 1758
  99. Species Ostrea simplex Deshayes
  100. Species Ostrea sinuata Finlay, 1928
  101. Species Ostrea sowerby
  102. Species Ostrea spathulata Lamarck, 1819
  103. Species Ostrea spreta d'Orbigny, 1846
  104. Species Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
  105. Species Ostrea sturtiana Tate, 1886 †
  106. Species Ostrea suborbiculata Muenster
  107. Species Ostrea sulcata Gmelin, 1791
  108. Species Ostrea tatei Suter, 1913
  109. Species Ostrea tegulata Muenster
  110. Species Ostrea tenera J. Sowerby, 1819
  111. Species Ostrea thomasii Conrad †
  112. Species Ostrea tubulifera Dall, 1914
  113. Species Ostrea uncinata Lamarck
  114. Species Ostrea ungulata Nyst
  115. Species Ostrea velata S.V. Wood, 1861
  116. Species Ostrea vesiculosa Sowerby
  117. Species Ostrea virescens Angas, 1868
  118. Species Ostrea virgata Goldfuss
  119. Species Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791
  120. Species Ostrea vitrefacta G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  121. Species Ostrea wuellerstorfi Zittel
  122. Species Ostrea zonulata S.V. Wood
  123. Species Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  124. Species Ostrea adansoni Rochebrune, 1905 accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
  125. Species Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  126. Species Ostrea aequatorialis d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Crassostrea aequatorialis (d'Orbigny, 1846)
  127. Species Ostrea affinis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  128. Species Ostrea alatus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791)
  129. Species Ostrea albatra Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 accepted as Dendostrea sandvichensis (Sowerby in Reeve, 1871)
  130. Species Ostrea albicans Schröter, 1802 accepted as Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
  131. Species Ostrea alveatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
  132. Species Ostrea amara Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Saccostrea palmula (Carpenter, 1857)
  133. Species Ostrea anatinus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Malleus anatinus (Gmelin, 1791)
  134. Species Ostrea angasii G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea angasi G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  135. Species Ostrea angassi G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea angasi G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  136. Species Ostrea angelica Rochebrune, 1895 accepted as Myrakeena angelica (Rochebrune, 1895)
  137. Species Ostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
  138. Species Ostrea angulata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea bilineata (Röding, 1798)
  139. Species Ostrea anonyma Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791)
  140. Species Ostrea arakanensis G.B. Sowerby II., 1871 accepted as Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  141. Species Ostrea arata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Karnekampia sulcata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Pseudamussium sulcatum (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  142. Species Ostrea arborea Dunker, 1882 accepted as Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita, 1913)
  143. Species Ostrea ariakensis Fujita, 1913 accepted as Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita, 1913)
  144. Species Ostrea attenuata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850)
  145. Species Ostrea aurantia Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
  146. Species Ostrea auriculata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
  147. Species Ostrea australis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pustulostrea australis (Lamarck, 1819)
  148. Species Ostrea barclayana G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea spathulata (Lamarck, 1819)
  149. Species Ostrea belcheri G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea belcheri (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)
  150. Species Ostrea benefica Bartsch, 1945 accepted as Crassostrea belcheri (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)
  151. Species Ostrea bicolor Hanley, 1846 accepted as Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
  152. Species Ostrea bilineata Röding, 1798 accepted as Crassostrea bilineata (Röding, 1798)
  153. Species Ostrea boblayei Deshayes, 1833 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  154. Species Ostrea borealis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
  155. Species Ostrea brasiliana Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
  156. Species Ostrea bresia Iredale, 1939 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  157. Species Ostrea bullata Born, 1778 accepted as Limatula bullata (Born, 1778)
  158. Species Ostrea callichroa Hanley, 1846 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küste, 1844 †
  159. Species Ostrea canadensis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
  160. Species Ostrea capsa Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
  161. Species Ostrea cerata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Parahyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
  162. Species Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb, 1866 accepted as Undulostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846)
  163. Species Ostrea charlottae Finlay, 1928 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küste, 1844 †
  164. Species Ostrea chemnitzi Hanley, 1846 accepted as Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
  165. Species Ostrea chemnitzii Hanley, 1846 accepted as Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
  166. Species Ostrea chiloensis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küste, 1844 †
  167. Species Ostrea cibialis Hupé in Gay, 1854 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küste, 1844 †
  168. Species Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778 accepted as Chlamys islandica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  169. Species Ostrea circumpicta Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Striostrea circumpicta (Pilsbry, 1904)
  170. Species Ostrea circumpicta Hirase, 1930 accepted as Crassostrea nippona (Seki, 1934)
  171. Species Ostrea circumsuta Gould, 1850 accepted as Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850)
  172. Species Ostrea citrina Poli, 1795 accepted as Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
  173. Species Ostrea clavata Poli, 1795 accepted as Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli, 1795)
  174. Species Ostrea coarctatus Born, 1778 accepted as Flexopecten coarctatus (Born, 1778) accepted as Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)
  175. Species Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
  176. Species Ostrea cognata Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  177. Species Ostrea columbiensis Hanley, 1846 accepted as Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846)
  178. Species Ostrea commercialis Iredale & Roughley, 1933 accepted as Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
  179. Species Ostrea complanata Fenaux, 1944 accepted as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
  180. Species Ostrea concentrica Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
  181. Species Ostrea corallina Poli, 1795 accepted as Manupecten pesfelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  182. Species Ostrea corbiculus Küster, 1868 accepted as Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
  183. Species Ostrea corbuloides Danilo & Sandri, 1855 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  184. Species Ostrea cornucopia Saville-Kent, 1891 accepted as Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807)
  185. Species Ostrea cornucopiae Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778)
  186. Species Ostrea corrugata Hutton, 1873 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küste, 1844 †
  187. Species Ostrea corteziensis Hertlein, 1951 accepted as Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951)
  188. Species Ostrea crispa Brocchi, 1814 † accepted as Hinnites crispus (Brocchi, 1814) †
  189. Species Ostrea cristata Poli, 1795 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  190. Species Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 sensu Dall & Simpson, 1901 accepted as Hyotissa mcgintyi (Harry, 1985) accepted as Parahyotissa mcgintyi Harry, 1985
  191. Species Ostrea cristatella Lamy, 1929 accepted as Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869
  192. Species Ostrea crocea Dufo, 1840 accepted as Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
  193. Species Ostrea cucullata Born, 1778 accepted as
  194. Species Ostrea cucullata Lischke, 1871 accepted as Saccostrea kegaki Torigoe & Inaba, 1981
  195. Species Ostrea cucullata Hedley, 1909 accepted as Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
  196. Species Ostrea cumana Gregorio, 1883 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  197. Species Ostrea cumingiana Dunker, 1846 accepted as Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791)
  198. Species Ostrea cuneola Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 accepted as Nanostrea fluctigera (Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925)
  199. Species Ostrea curvata Risso, 1826 accepted as Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
  200. Species Ostrea cymbaeformis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
  201. Species Ostrea cyrnusi Payraudeau, 1826 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  202. Species Ostrea dalli Lamy, 1930 accepted as Saccostrea palmula (Carpenter, 1857)
  203. Species Ostrea danica Holten, 1802 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771)
  204. Species Ostrea decemradiata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  205. Species Ostrea deformis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Nanostrea fluctigera (Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925)
  206. Species Ostrea dendata Küster, 1868 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
  207. Species Ostrea dentata Perry, 1811 accepted as Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778)
  208. Species Ostrea dentifera Dufo, 1840 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
  209. Species Ostrea depressa Philippi, 1836 accepted as Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
  210. Species Ostrea discoidea Gould, 1850 accepted as Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küste, 1844 †
  211. Species Ostrea dolabriformis Philippi, 1828 accepted as Nanostrea fluctigera (Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925)
  212. Species Ostrea dubia Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  213. Species Ostrea dubia G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  214. Species Ostrea echinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  215. Species Ostrea elegans Bayle in Fournel, 1849 † accepted as Nicaisolopha nicaisei (Coquand, 1862) †
  216. Species Ostrea elegans Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  217. Species Ostrea elliptica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Dendostrea cristata (Born, 1778)
  218. Species Ostrea elliptica Dufo, 1840 accepted as Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819)
  219. Species Ostrea elongata Born, 1778 accepted as Manupecten pesfelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  220. Species Ostrea ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  221. Species Ostrea erucella Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  222. Species Ostrea exalbida Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  223. Species Ostrea excavata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  224. Species Ostrea excavata Fabricius, 1779 (unaccepted)
  225. Species Ostrea exotica Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
  226. Species Ostrea exotica Holten, 1802 (unaccepted)
  227. Species Ostrea fasciata Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  228. Species Ostrea figurata Reeve, 1858 (unaccepted)
  229. Species Ostrea fisheri Dall, 1914 (unaccepted)
  230. Species Ostrea flabellum Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  231. Species Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  232. Species Ostrea flavescens Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  233. Species Ostrea flavicans Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  234. Species Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
  235. Species Ostrea floridensis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  236. Species Ostrea fluctiger Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 (unaccepted)
  237. Species Ostrea fococarens Finlay, 1928 (unaccepted)
  238. Species Ostrea fornicata Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 (unaccepted)
  239. Species Ostrea forskahlii Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  240. Species Ostrea forskali Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  241. Species Ostrea forskäli Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  242. Species Ostrea fragilis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  243. Species Ostrea frons Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  244. Species Ostrea frons Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted)
  245. Species Ostrea fuci Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  246. Species Ostrea fucorum Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  247. Species Ostrea fusca Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  248. Species Ostrea gallina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  249. Species Ostrea gallus Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted)
  250. Species Ostrea gasar Deshayes, 1830 (unaccepted)
  251. Species Ostrea gibbosa Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  252. Species Ostrea gibbus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  253. Species Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793 (unaccepted)
  254. Species Ostrea glabra Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  255. Species Ostrea glabra Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 (unaccepted)
  256. Species Ostrea glacialis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  257. Species Ostrea glaciata Salis, 1793 (unaccepted)
  258. Species Ostrea glaucina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  259. Species Ostrea glomerata Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
  260. Species Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama, 1926 (unaccepted)
  261. Species Ostrea gryphoides Newton & Smith, 1912 (unaccepted)
  262. Species Ostrea guineensis Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted)
  263. Species Ostrea haliotidaea Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  264. Species Ostrea hanleyana G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  265. Species Ostrea heffordi Finlay, 1928 (unaccepted)
  266. Species Ostrea hians Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  267. Species Ostrea hippopus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  268. Species Ostrea hiranoi Baker & Spicer, 1930 (unaccepted)
  269. Species Ostrea histrionica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  270. Species Ostrea huttoni Lamy, 1929 (unaccepted)
  271. Species Ostrea hyalina Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
  272. Species Ostrea hybrida Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  273. Species Ostrea hyotis Suter, 1913 (unaccepted)
  274. Species Ostrea imbricata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  275. Species Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  276. Species Ostrea inermis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  277. Species Ostrea inflexa Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
  278. Species Ostrea iredalei Faustino, 1932 (unaccepted)
  279. Species Ostrea iridescens Hanley, 1854 (unaccepted)
  280. Species Ostrea isognomum Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  281. Species Ostrea isogonum Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
  282. Species Ostrea italica Defrance, 1821 (unaccepted)
  283. Species Ostrea jacobaea Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  284. Species Ostrea jacobaea Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted)
  285. Species Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  286. Species Ostrea jubata Lamy, 1929 (unaccepted)
  287. Species Ostrea kauaia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
  288. Species Ostrea kupua Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
  289. Species Ostrea labrella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  290. Species Ostrea lacerans Hanley, 1856 (unaccepted)
  291. Species Ostrea lacerans G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  292. Species Ostrea lacerata Hanley, 1846 (unaccepted)
  293. Species Ostrea lactea G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  294. Species Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1862 (unaccepted)
  295. Species Ostrea laterostrata Fenaux, 1942 (unaccepted)
  296. Species Ostrea laurenti Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  297. Species Ostrea laysana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
  298. Species Ostrea legumen Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  299. Species Ostrea leonica Fréminville in Taslé, 1870 (unaccepted)
  300. Species Ostrea ligo Schreibers, 1793 (unaccepted)
  301. Species Ostrea lima Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  302. Species Ostrea lima G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  303. Species Ostrea limacella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  304. Species Ostrea lischkei Löbbecke, 1882 (unaccepted)
  305. Species Ostrea longiuscula Hupé in Gay, 1854 (unaccepted)
  306. Species Ostrea lorentzianum Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
  307. Species Ostrea lucasiana Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted)
  308. Species Ostrea lugubris G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  309. Species Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873 (unaccepted)
  310. Species Ostrea maculata Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  311. Species Ostrea maculosa Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted)
  312. Species Ostrea madrasensis Preston, 1916 (unaccepted)
  313. Species Ostrea magellanica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  314. Species Ostrea malabonensis Faustino, 1932 (unaccepted)
  315. Species Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  316. Species Ostrea matoni Donovan, 1824 (unaccepted)
  317. Species Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  318. Species Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846 (unaccepted)
  319. Species Ostrea mexicana G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  320. Species Ostrea miniata Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  321. Species Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  322. Species Ostrea mordax Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
  323. Species Ostrea morenasi Rochebrune, 1905 (unaccepted)
  324. Species Ostrea multicostata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  325. Species Ostrea multiradiata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  326. Species Ostrea multistriata Hanley, 1846 (unaccepted)
  327. Species Ostrea multistriata Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
  328. Species Ostrea muricata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  329. Species Ostrea musashiana Yokoyama, 1920 (unaccepted)
  330. Species Ostrea muscosus W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted)
  331. Species Ostrea mustellina Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  332. Species Ostrea mytiloides Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  333. Species Ostrea nebulosa Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
  334. Species Ostrea nicaisei Coquand, 1862 † (unaccepted)
  335. Species Ostrea nigromarginata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  336. Species Ostrea nippona Seki, 1934 (unaccepted)
  337. Species Ostrea nivea Brocchi, 1814 (unaccepted)
  338. Species Ostrea nobilis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  339. Species Ostrea nodosa Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  340. Species Ostrea nomades Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted)
  341. Species Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  342. Species Ostrea obesa G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  343. Species Ostrea obliterata Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  344. Species Ostrea obscura Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 (unaccepted)
  345. Species Ostrea ochracea G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  346. Species Ostrea ochroleuca Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  347. Species Ostrea oniscus Philippi, 1828 (unaccepted)
  348. Species Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  349. Species Ostrea orientalis Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
  350. Species Ostrea pallium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  351. Species Ostrea palmipes G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  352. Species Ostrea panamensis Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted)
  353. Species Ostrea parasita Küster, 1868 (unaccepted)
  354. Species Ostrea parasitica G.B. Sowerby II, 1870 (unaccepted)
  355. Species Ostrea parasitica Turton, 1819 (unaccepted)
  356. Species Ostrea pauciplicata Deshayes, 1835 (unaccepted)
  357. Species Ostrea paulucciae Crosse, 1869 (unaccepted)
  358. Species Ostrea pedum Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
  359. Species Ostrea pellucens Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  360. Species Ostrea pennigera Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 (unaccepted)
  361. Species Ostrea permollis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  362. Species Ostrea perna Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
  363. Species Ostrea pesfelis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  364. Species Ostrea peslutrae Linnaeus, 1771 (unaccepted)
  365. Species Ostrea pestigris Hanley, 1846 (unaccepted)
  366. Species Ostrea pestigris G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  367. Species Ostrea picta Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  368. Species Ostrea pictus Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1830 (unaccepted)
  369. Species Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  370. Species Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  371. Species Ostrea plicata Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
  372. Species Ostrea plicata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  373. Species Ostrea porphyrea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  374. Species Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934 (unaccepted)
  375. Species Ostrea praeadamitica Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
  376. Species Ostrea prevostii G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  377. Species Ostrea prismatica J.E. Gray, 1825 (unaccepted)
  378. Species Ostrea procyon Holmes, 1858 (unaccepted)
  379. Species Ostrea proteus Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
  380. Species Ostrea pseudangulata Lamy, 1930 (unaccepted)
  381. Species Ostrea purpurea Lightfoot, 1786 (unaccepted)
  382. Species Ostrea pusio Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  383. Species Ostrea pustula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 (unaccepted)
  384. Species Ostrea pyxidata Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  385. Species Ostrea pyxidata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (unaccepted)
  386. Species Ostrea quercinus G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  387. Species Ostrea quirites Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted)
  388. Species Ostrea radiata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 (unaccepted)
  389. Species Ostrea radiata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  390. Species Ostrea radiata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  391. Species Ostrea radix G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  392. Species Ostrea radula Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  393. Species Ostrea regia Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  394. Species Ostrea regula Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 (unaccepted)
  395. Species Ostrea reniformis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  396. Species Ostrea reticulata Holten, 1802 (unaccepted)
  397. Species Ostrea rhizophorae Guilding, 1828 (unaccepted)
  398. Species Ostrea rivularis Lischke, 1869 (unaccepted)
  399. Species Ostrea rivularis Gould, 1861 (unaccepted)
  400. Species Ostrea rosacea Deshayes, 1836 (unaccepted)
  401. Species Ostrea rostralis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  402. Species Ostrea rostralis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  403. Species Ostrea rostrata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  404. Species Ostrea rostrata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  405. Species Ostrea rubella Philippi, 1828 (unaccepted)
  406. Species Ostrea rubella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  407. Species Ostrea rufa Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted)
  408. Species Ostrea rufa Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  409. Species Ostrea rufescens Turton, 1802 (unaccepted)
  410. Species Ostrea ruscuriana Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  411. Species Ostrea rustica Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
  412. Species Ostrea rutipina Tenison-Woods, 1878 (unaccepted)
  413. Species Ostrea saccellus Dujardin, 1835 (unaccepted)
  414. Species Ostrea sagrinata Bruguière, 1790 (unaccepted)
  415. Species Ostrea sandvichensis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  416. Species Ostrea sanguinea Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  417. Species Ostrea sanguinolenta Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  418. Species Ostrea sauciata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  419. Species Ostrea saxatilis Turton, 1807 (unaccepted)
  420. Species Ostrea scabra Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  421. Species Ostrea scaeva Monterosato, 1915 (unaccepted)
  422. Species Ostrea scyphophilla Peron & Lesueur, 1807 (unaccepted)
  423. Species Ostrea sedea Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted)
  424. Species Ostrea sellaformis Saville-Kent, 1891 (unaccepted)
  425. Species Ostrea semicylindrica Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
  426. Species Ostrea semiplicata Küster, 1868 (unaccepted)
  427. Species Ostrea senatoria Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  428. Species Ostrea senegalensis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  429. Species Ostrea sericea Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
  430. Species Ostrea serra Dall, 1914 (unaccepted)
  431. Species Ostrea sicula Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted)
  432. Species Ostrea sinensis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  433. Species Ostrea sinuata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  434. Species Ostrea sinuosa Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  435. Species Ostrea solaris Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  436. Species Ostrea solida G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  437. Species Ostrea spathulata G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  438. Species Ostrea spinosa Deshayes, 1836 (unaccepted)
  439. Species Ostrea spondyloideum Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  440. Species Ostrea squamata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  441. Species Ostrea squamosa Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  442. Species Ostrea stellata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  443. Species Ostrea striatula Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  444. Species Ostrea striatum da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted)
  445. Species Ostrea strigilata Brocchi, 1814 (unaccepted)
  446. Species Ostrea sublamellosa Milachewitch, 1916 (unaccepted)
  447. Species Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  448. Species Ostrea subtrigona G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  449. Species Ostrea subucula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 (unaccepted)
  450. Species Ostrea sulcata Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
  451. Species Ostrea sulphurea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  452. Species Ostrea superficialis Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 (unaccepted)
  453. Species Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862 (unaccepted)
  454. Species Ostrea taurica Krynicki, 1837 (unaccepted)
  455. Species Ostrea tegula Wood, 1828 (unaccepted)
  456. Species Ostrea thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
  457. Species Ostrea thomasi McLean, 1941 (unaccepted)
  458. Species Ostrea townsendi Melvill, 1898 (unaccepted)
  459. Species Ostrea tranquebaria Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  460. Species Ostrea trapezina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  461. Species Ostrea triangularis Holmes, 1856 (unaccepted)
  462. Species Ostrea tridacnaeformis Cox, 1927 (unaccepted)
  463. Species Ostrea tubercularis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  464. Species Ostrea tuberculata Lamarck, 1804 (unaccepted)
  465. Species Ostrea tuberculata Olivi, 1792 (unaccepted)
  466. Species Ostrea tulipa G.B. Sowerby II, 1871 (unaccepted)
  467. Species Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  468. Species Ostrea tumida Turton, 1819 (unaccepted)
  469. Species Ostrea turbinata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  470. Species Ostrea turgida Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  471. Species Ostrea turturina Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted)
  472. Species Ostrea valsella Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  473. Species Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  474. Species Ostrea versicolor Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  475. Species Ostrea vinolenta Hupé in Gay, 1854 (unaccepted)
  476. Species Ostrea violacea Deshayes in Maillard, 1863 (unaccepted)
  477. Species Ostrea virginiana Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
  478. Species Ostrea vitreus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
  479. Species Ostrea vulgare da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted)
  480. Species Ostrea webbii Récluz, 1851 (unaccepted)
  481. Species Ostrea weberi Olsson, 1951 (unaccepted)
  482. Species Ostrea ziczac Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
marine
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 696 [details] 
IRMNG (2024). Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304109 on 2025-01-27
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 696 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Boss, 1982 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details] 

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details] 

original description (of Ostroea Tolmer, 1928 †) Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, (7) 10
page(s): 91 [details] 

original description (of Osrea Tzankov, 1932 †) Rev. Bulgar. Geol. Soc., 4 (1)
page(s): 78 [details] 

original description (of Eostrea Ihering, 1907) An. Mus. nac. Buenos Aires, (3) 7
page(s): 42 [details] 

original description (of Ostreola Monterosato, 1884) Nomencl. Conch. Medit.
page(s): 4 [details] 

original description (of Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928) Nature, 121, no. 3044
page(s): 321 [details] 

original description (of Anodontostrea Suter, 1917 †) New Zealand Geol. Surv., Palaeont. Bull. no. 5, pt. 1
page(s): 86 [details] 

original description (of Ostreum da Costa, 1776 †) Brit. Conch.
page(s): 154 [details] 

original description (of Myrakeena Harry, 1985) Veliger 28 (2)
page(s): 138 [details] 

original description (of Cryptostrea Harry, 1985) Veliger 28 (2)
page(s): 144 [details] 

original description (of Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980) New Zealand J. mar. freshw. Res. 14 (2)
page(s): 116 [details] 

original description (of Ostraea d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Prodr. Pal., 2, 198
page(s): 294 [details] 

original description (of Ostica Valette, 1925 †) Essais Paléoconch. comp., 13
page(s): 311 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Cretaceous to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928)
To BioNames database (from synonym Myrakeena Harry, 1985)
To BioNames database (from synonym Cryptostrea Harry, 1985)
To BioNames database (from synonym Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Cryptostrea Harry, 1985)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Myrakeena Harry, 1985)
To WoRMS (from synonym Anodontostrea Suter, 1917 †)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ostreum da Costa, 1776 †)
To WoRMS (from synonym Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ostreola Monterosato, 1884)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Myrakeena Harry, 1985)
To WoRMS (from synonym Eostrea Ihering, 1907)
To WoRMS (from synonym Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980)
To WoRMS (from synonym Cryptostrea Harry, 1985)
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