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Taxon:
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Ostrea edulis
Linnaeus, 1758
- edible oyster
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Ostrea (Genus) - flat oyster
..†Bellostrea (Subgenus)
..Ostrea (Subgenus)
..Ostrea angasi (Species)
..Ostrea conchaphila (Species) - Olympia oyster
..†Solidostrea (Subgenus)
..†Turkostrea (Subgenus)
..Ostrea edulis (Species) - edible oyster
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Mollusca
-
(Class)
Bivalvia
-
(Order)
Ostreida
-
(Family)
Ostreidae
Original position
Rudes, vulgo Ostrea dictae
([unranked])
Subsequent positions
Ostrea
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Current position
Ostrea
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Alternative positions
Rudes, vulgo Ostrea dictae
([unranked])
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 699.
[
new taxon
]
Historical positions
Ostrea
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
C. Nielsen, 1995
Ostrea
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Ostrea
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
V. Sprague, 1982
: 599.
Rudes, vulgo Ostrea dictae
([unranked])
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 699-700.
[
new taxon
]
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28 Aug 2026