Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Ostreida - (Family) Ostreidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Ostreini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352.

Alternative positions

Ostreidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Ostreinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1117.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1144.

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.
Ostreini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
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: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1117.
Anisomyaria (Order) Neumayr, 1883	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1144.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 696. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[29s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[29s]