Ostrea

Ostrea; Temporal range: Permian - Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A lower valve (the attachment valve) of a shell of Ostrea edulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreoida
Family:	Ostreidae
Genus:	Ostrea; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
	See text

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

This genus is very ancient. It is known in the fossil records from the Permian to the Quaternary (age range: from 259 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossil shells of these molluscs can be found all over the world. Genus Ostrea includes about 150 extinct species.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

Species

Species in the genus Ostrea include:^[1]^[4]

O. albertensis †Russell & Landes, 1937
O. angasi Sowerby, 1846
O. angulata †Sowerby, 1840
O. angusta †Deshayes, 1824
O. anomialis †Lamarck, 1819
O. antarctica †Zinsmeister, 1984
O. arenicola †Tate, 1886
O. aupouria Dinamani, 1981
O. beloiti †Logan, 1899
O. bicolor †Hanley, 1854
O. blackensis †Stephenson, 1923
O. brongniarti †Bronn, 1856
O. californica Mareon, 1858
O. carolinensis †Conrad, 1832
O. castellobrancoi †Maury 1936
O. chilensis Philippi, 1844
O. cochlear †Poli, 1795
O. compressirostra †Say, 1824
O. conchaphila Carpenter, 1857
O. costaricensis †Olsson, 1922
O. crenulimarginata †Gabb, 1860
O. cristata Born, 1778
O. cubitus †Deshayes, 1832
O. cumingiana Dunker, 1846
O. cynthiae †Maury, 1912
O. democraciana †Hodson et al., 1927
O. denselamellosa （Lischke, 1869）
O. dorsalis †Azzaroli, 1958
O. edulis Linnaeus, 1758- Edible oyster or Belon oyster
O. edwilsoni †Stoyanow, 1949
O. eorivularis †Oyama & Mizuno, 1958
O. equestris (Say, 1834)- Crested oyster
O. erici †Hertlein, 1929
O. flavicans Linnaeus, 1758
O. forskali †Chemnitz, 1785
O. fraasi †Mayer-Eymar, 1888
O. frondosa †de Serres, 1829
O. gajensis †Vredenburg, 1928
O. gingensis †Schlotheim, 1813
O. glabra Linnaeus, 1758
O. golfotristensis †Maury 1912
O. haleyi †Hertlein, 1933
O. hippopus †Tate, 1886
O. hyotidoidea †Tate, 1899
O. imbricata † Lamarck, 1819
O. incisa †Martin, 1883
O. invalida †White, 1887
O. iridescens Gray, 1854
O. jogjacartensis †Martin, 1914
O. khamirensis †Cox, 1936
O. latimarginata †Vredenburg, 1908
O. longirostris † Lamarck, 1806
O. ludensis †Deshayes, 1861
O. lurida Carpenter, 1864
O. lutaria †Hutton, 1885
O. maculosa Forskål, 1775
O. manubriata †Tate, 1887
O. marginidentata †Wood, 1861
O. matercula †de Verneuil, 1845
O. mauricensis †Gabb, 1860
O. megadon (Hanley, 1846)
O. mesenterica †Morton, 1834
O. messor †Maury, 1925
O. minbuensis †Cotter, 1923
O. minerensis † Russell & Landes, 1937
O. minuta Linnaeus, 1758
O. miradorensis †Olsson, 1931
O. monetalis † Martin, 1931
O. negritensis †Olsson, 1928
O. normalis †Gardner, 1926
O. obliterata Linnaeus, 1758
O. pangadiensis †Hislop, 1859
O. paracasensis †Rivera, 1957
O. parasitica †Gmelin, 1791
O. paroxis †Lesueur, 1829
O. parrensis †Vega et al., 1999
O. pejerreyensis †Rivera, 1957
O. pellucens Linnaeus, 1758
O. pesfelis Linnaeus, 1758
O. petrosa †Fuchs, 1879
O. peytoni †Richards, 1947
O. pileosimilis †Martin, 1931
O. plicatula Gmelin, 1791
O. portoricoensis †Hubbard, 1920
O. princeps †Woods, 1850
O. procyonis †Maury, 1924
O. prona †Wood, 1861
O. protoimbricata †Vredenburg, 1928
O. pseudocrassissima †Fuchs, 1878
O. pseudodigitalina †Fuchs, 1879
O. pseudorissensis †Vredenburg, 1928
O. pulaskensis †Harris, 1892
O. radula Linnaeus, 1758
O. raveneliana †Tuomey & Holmes, 1855
O. resupinata †Deshayes, 1858
O. retusa Sowerby, 1871
O. russelli †Russell & Landes, 1937
O. samanensis †Olsson, 1928
O. sanguinea Linnaeus, 1758
O. saxitoniana †McLearn, 1929
O. seymourensis †Zinsmeister, 1984
O. soleniscus †Meek, 1893
O. stentina Payraudeau, 1826
O. striatula Linnaeus, 1758
O. sturtiana †Tate, 1886
O. subangulata †d'Orbigny, 1852
O. submissa †Deshayes, 1864
O. subradiosa †Bohm, 1926
O. superficialis Forskål, 1775
O. tacalensis †Hodson et al., 1927
O. tayloriana †Gabb, 1866
O. thalassoklusta †Maury, 1912
O. tridacnaeformis Cox, 1927
O. turkestanensis †Romanovski, 1880
O. uncinta †Lamarck, 1806
O. ungulata †Nyst, 1843
O. ventilabrum †Goldfuss, 1826
O. vestita †Fuchs, 1883
O. wiedenmayeri †Hodson et al., 1927
O. wollastoni †Finlay, 1927

References

1 2 Fossilworks
↑ J.D. Dana (1996)
↑ C.M. Hogan, 2008
↑ WoRMS

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

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[AA-1] 1 2 Fossilworks

[2] J.D. Dana (1996)

[3] C.M. Hogan, 2008

[4] WoRMS

Ostrea

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History

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