Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Ostreida - (Family) Ostreidae
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Ostreidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 | Ref: 
							
								E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401. | 
					
						| Ostreidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 | Ref: 
								
									P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 207. | 
						
							| Crassostreini (Tribe) Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 | Ref: 
									
										V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. | 
							
								| Ostreidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 | Ref: 
										
											R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990 | 
								
									| Pelecypoda (Class) Goldfuss, 1820 | Ref: 
											
												R.S. Boardman et al., 1987 | 
									
										| Ostreinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 | Ref: 
												
													F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 367. | 
										
											| Ostreinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 | Ref: 
													
														K.J. Boss, 1982: 1118. | 
										
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