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Family: Ostreidae oysters



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Alectryonella haliotidaea
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 8.4 cm SHL
Alectryonella plicatula(Gmelin, 1791)

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Alectryonella plicatula
[Fingerprint oyster]
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Anomiostrea coralliophila
[]
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Booneostrea cucullina
[]
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Booneostrea subucula
[]
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Crassostrea ariakensis
[Suminoe oyster]
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Crassostrea brasiliana
[Mangrove oyster]
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Crassostrea chilensis
[]
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Crassostrea columbiensis
[Columbia black oyster]
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Max. Length 25 cm ShL
 
Crassostrea commercialis
[Sydney cupped oyster]
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Max. Length 25 cm SHL
 
Crassostrea corteziensis
[Cortez oyster]
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Crassostrea guyanensis
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Crassostrea hongkongensis
[]
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Crassostrea inequivalvis
[]
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Crassostrea paulucciae
[]

FAO

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm NG
Crassostrea rhizophoraeGuilding, 1828

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Crassostrea rhizophorae
[Mangrove cupped oyster]
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Crassostrea rufa
[]
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Crassostrea tulipa
[West African mangrove oyster]

Lietor, Jose

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 35.5 cm SHL
Crassostrea virginica(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Lietor, Jose
 
Crassostrea virginica
[American cupped oyster]
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Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Cryptostrea permollis
[Sponge oyster]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHH
Dendostrea folium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Dendostrea folium
[Leaf oyster]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific a
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Dendostrea frons(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Dendostrea frons
[Frond oyster]
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Dendostrea glaucina
[]
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Dendostrea inaequivalvis
[]
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Dendostrea sandvichensis
[Hawaiian oyster]
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Dendostrea turbinata
[]
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Max. Length 3.1 cm TL
 
Dendrostrea crenulifera
[]
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Max. Length 8 cm SHH
 
Dendrostrea folium
[Foliate oyster]
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Dendrostrea frons
['coon oyster]
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Empressostrea kostini
[]
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Empressostrea philippinarum
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 20.5 cm SHL
Lopha cristagalli(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Lopha cristagalli
[Cock's comb oyster]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Lopha frons(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lopha frons
[Frons oyster]
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Max. Length 6.6 cm DL
 
Lopha gibsonsmithi
[]

França, Antonio

Northwest Pacific and Nor

Magallana angulata(Lamarck, 1819)

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Magallana angulata
[Portuguese oyster]
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Magallana belcheri
[Belcher's cupped oyster]
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Max. Length 20.9 cm SHL
 
Magallana bilineata
[Indian backwater oyster]

FAO

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 45 cm SHL
Magallana gigas(Thunberg, 1793)

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Magallana gigas
[Giant cupped oyster]
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Magallana nippona
[]
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Magallana rivularis
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm SHL
 
Magallana sikamea
[Kumamoto oyster]
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Myrakeena angelica
[Angel oyster]
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Nanostrea fluctigera
[]
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Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis
[]
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Ostrea adriatica
[]
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Ostrea algoensis
[]
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Ostrea angasi
[Australian mud oyster]
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Max. Length 10.5 cm SHL
 
Ostrea atherstonei
[Red flat oyster]
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Ostrea aupouria
[]
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Ostrea capsa
[]
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Max. Length 10 cm ShL
 
Ostrea chilensis
[Chilean flat oyster]
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Max. Length 9 cm SHD
 
Ostrea conchaphila
[Olympia oyster]
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Max. Length 3.7 cm DL
 
Ostrea cristata
[]
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Ostrea cucullata
[Cucullate rock oyster]
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Ostrea denselamellosa
[Lamellated oyster]

FAO

Northeast Pacific, Northe
Max. Length 12 cm SHH
Ostrea edulisLinnaeus, 1758

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Ostrea edulis
[Edible oyster]
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Ostrea equestris
[Crested oyster]
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Ostrea futamiensis
[]
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Max. Length 3.0 cm TL
 
Ostrea hanleyi
[]
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Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Ostrea libella
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Ostrea lixula
[]
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Max. Length 9 cm SHL
 
Ostrea lurida
[Yaquina oyster]
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Max. Length 8 cm ShL
 
Ostrea lutaria
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic

Ostrea megadonHanley, 1846

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Ostrea megadon
[]
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Ostrea neostentina
[]
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Ostrea palmipes
[]
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Max. Length 7.2 cm DL
 
Ostrea puelchana
[]
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Ostrea sandvicensis
[]
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Ostreola conchaphila
[]
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Max. Length 4.7 cm DL
 
Ostreola equestris
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm SHH
Planostrea pestigris(Hanley, 1846)

Photo by FAO
 
Planostrea pestigris
[Palmate oyster]
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Pretostrea rosacea
[]
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Pustulostrea pseudangulata
[]
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Pustulostrea tuberculata
[]
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Saccostrea circumsuta
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific and Eastern
Max. Length 20 cm SHL
Saccostrea cuccullata(Born, 1778)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Saccostrea cuccullata
[Hooded oyster]
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Saccostrea echinata
[Spiny rock oyster]
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Max. Length 5 cm SHL
 
Saccostrea glomerata
[New Zealand rock oyster]
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Saccostrea kegaki
[]
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Saccostrea malabonensis
[Philippines hooded oyster]
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Saccostrea mordoides
[]
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Saccostrea palmula
[]
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Saccostrea scyphophilla
[Coral rock oyster]
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Saccostrea spathulata
[]
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Striostrea circumpicta
[]
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Striostrea denticulata
[Denticulate rock oyster]
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Max. Length 18 cm SHL
 
Striostrea margaritacea
[Sand oyster]
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Striostrea parasitica
[]
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Striostrea prismatica
[Stone oyster]
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Talonostrea talonata
[]
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Max. Length 3.7 cm DL
 
Teskeyostrea weberi
[Threaded oyster]
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Undulostrea megodon
[Megodon oyster]


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