African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)

Parent

Ostreoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (17)

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Subfamily Crassostreinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
1. Genus Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
2. Genus Magallana Salvi & Mariottini, 2016
Subfamily Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815
1. Genus Alectryonella Sacco, 1897
2. Genus Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
3. Genus Lopha Röding, 1798
4. Genus Nanostrea Harry, 1985
5. Genus Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
6. Genus Planostrea Harry, 1985
7. Genus Dendrostrea [sic] accepted as Dendostrea Swainson, 1835 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling by Woodward (1851))
8. Genus Ostraea [sic] accepted as Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 (incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others)
Subfamily Saccostreinae Salvi & Mariottini, 2016
1. Genus Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920
Subfamily Striostreinae Harry, 1985
1. Genus Striostrea Vialov, 1936
Subfamily Lophinae Vialov, 1936 accepted as Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215 on 2026-04-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215 on 2026-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2006-01-04 12:34:08Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-10-30 10:35:41Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-10-17 13:10:28Z

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Schneider, Simon

2026-02-04 08:52:38Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. 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. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [details] Available for editors

additional source Inaba, A. & Torigoe, K. (2004). Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 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. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence. Vol. 3: i-iv, N953–N1224. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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. PLoS ONE. 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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 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). American Malacological Bulletin. 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. The Nautilus. 98(3): 123-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277157 [details]

additional source Spencer, H. G., Willan, R. C., Mariottini, P. & Salvi, D. (2022). Taxonomic consistency and nomenclatural rules within oysters: comment on Li at al. (2021). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 170 (107437): 1-3. [details]

additional source Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. The Veliger. 28(2): 121-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42480241 [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. [details]

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Ostreidae, Fig.1