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WoRMS taxon details
Ostreidae
AphiaID: 215
AphiaID: 215
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Ostreoida (Order) > Ostreoidea (Superfamily) |
| Authority | Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Ostreoidea | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Millard, V. (1996). Classification of Mollusca: a classification of world wide Mollusca. Victor G. Millard: Rhine Road, South Africa. ISBN 0-620-21261-6. 544 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 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: 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 |
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| Direct child taxa | Genus Alectryonella Sacco, 1897 Genus Anomiostrea Habe & Kosuge, 1966 Genus Booneostrea Harry, 1985 Genus Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 Subfamily Crassostreinae Genus Dendostrea Swainson, 1835 Genus Lopha Röding, 1798 Subfamily Lophinae Genus Myrakeena Harry, 1985 Genus Nanostrea Harry, 1985 Genus Nicaisolopha Vyalov, 1936 Genus Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamily Ostreinae Genus Planostrea Harry, 1985 Genus Pustulostrea Harry, 1985 Genus Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920 Genus Striostrea Vialov, 1936 Genus Talonostrea Li & Qi, 1994 Genus Teskeyostrea Harry, 1985 Genus Undulostrea Harry, 1985 Genus Cryptostrea Harry, 1985 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Dendrostrea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835 Genus Ostreola Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Pycnodonta Sowerby, 1842 accepted as Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1835 Genus Pyenodonta accepted as Pycnodonta Sowerby, 1842 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2010). Ostreidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215 on 2010-09-09 | |||||||||||
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