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Ostrea

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Ostrea
Temporal range: Permian - Recent
A lower valve (the attachment valve) of a shell of Ostrea edulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Superfamily: Ostreoidea
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Ostrea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Type species
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms
  • Anodontostrea Suter, 1917
  • Conradostrea Ward & Blackwelder, 1987
  • Cryptostrea Harry, 1985
  • Eostrea Ihering, 1907
  • Lopha (Ostreola) Monterosato, 1884
  • Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 (genus name unavailable)
  • Myrakeena Harry, 1985
  • Ostracites Picot de Lapeirouse, 1781
  • Ostraea [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others)
  • Ostrea (Anodontostrea) Suter, 1917
  • Ostrea (Bellostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Ostrea (Turkostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Ostreola Monterosato, 1884
  • Ostreum da Costa, 1776 (Unjustified emendation)
  • Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980
  • Undulostrea Harry, 1985

Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.

Fossil valves of Ostrea forskali from Pliocene of Italy

Fossil records

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Although molecular studies suggest that Ostrea first appeared around the Eocene and originated no earlier than the Cretaceous, paleontologists have historically applied the genus to almost all fossil oysters from the Permian onward, many of which are only superficially similar to extant Ostrea.[1] As a result, the genus Ostrea includes about 150 extinct species.[2][3]

History

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At least one species within this genus, Ostrea lurida, has been recovered in archaeological excavations along the Central California coast of the Pacific Ocean, demonstrating it was a marine taxon exploited by the Native American Chumash people as a food source.[4]

Species

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Species in the genus Ostrea include:[2][5]

Synonyms

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Li, Cui; et al. (2021). "Reconstruction of the evolutionary biogeography reveal the origins and diversification of oysters (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 164 (107268). doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107268.
  2. ^ a b Fossilworks
  3. ^ J.D. Dana (1996)
  4. ^ C.M. Hogan, 2008
  5. ^ WoRMS
  6. ^ Roemer, F. (1849). Texas : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung. A. Marcus.
  7. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ostrea atherstonei Newton, 1913". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  • Vialov O. (1936). Sur la classification des huîtres. Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS. ser. 2, 4(1): 17-20
  • James Dwight Dana (1996) Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special Reference to American Geological History, American Book Co., 1088 pages
  • C.Michael Hogan (2008) Morro Creek, The Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham [1]
  • 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
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