Ostrea

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

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Synonyms
  • AnodontostreaSuter, 1917
  • ConradostreaWard & Blackwelder, 1987
  • CryptostreaHarry, 1985
  • EostreaIhering, 1907
  • Lopha (Ostreola)Monterosato, 1884
  • MonoeciostreaOrton, 1928 (genus name unavailable)
  • MyrakeenaHarry, 1985
  • OstracitesPicot 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
  • OstreolaMonterosato, 1884
  • Ostreumda Costa, 1776 (Unjustified emendation)
  • TiostreaChanley & Dinamani, 1980
  • UndulostreaHarry, 1985

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

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Fossil valves of Ostrea forskali from Pliocene of Italy Ostreidae - Ostrea forskali.JPG
Fossil valves of Ostrea forskali from Pliocene of Italy

Fossil records

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

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

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

Synonyms

See also

References

  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. 1 2 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.