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Crassostrea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Ostreoida

Scientific name
  
Crassostrea

Length
  
Pacific oyster: 8 – 40 cm

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Ostreidae

Higher classification
  
Ostreidae

Rank
  
Genus

Crassostrea Crassostrea virginica Eastern Oyster

Clutch size
  
Pacific oyster: 50,000,000 – 200,000,000

Lower classifications
  
Pacific oyster, Eastern oyster, Portuguese oyster, Auckland oyster

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Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing the most important oysters used for food.

Contents

Extant species

Extant species include:

Crassostrea Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas

  • Crassostrea amasa (Iredale 1939) (syn. Saccostrea scyphophilla)
  • Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck 1819) – Portuguese oyster
  • Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita 1913) – Suminoe oyster
  • Crassostrea belcheri (G.B. Sowerby II 1871)
  • Crassostrea bilineata (Röding 1798)
  • Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck 1819) (syn. C. brasiliensis)
  • Crassostrea chilensis (Philippi 1845)
  • Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley 1846)
  • Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein 1951)
  • Crassostrea cucullata (Born) (syn. Saccostrea cucullata)
  • Crassostrea dactylena (Iredale 1939)
  • Crassostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard 1835) (syn. Saccostrea echinata)
  • Crassostrea gasar (Dautzenberg 1891) – mangrove oyster
  • Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793) (syn. C. talienwhanensis) – Pacific oyster
  • Crassostrea glomerata (Gould 1850) – Auckland oyster
  • Crassostrea hongkongensis (Lam & Morton 2003)
  • Crassostrea iredalei (Faustino, 1932)
  • Crassostrea margaritacea (Lamarck 1819) (syn. Striostrea margaritacea)
  • Crassostrea nippona (Seki 1934)
  • Crassostrea paraibanensis (Singarajah 1980)
  • Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding 1828)
  • Crassostrea rivularis (Gould 1861)
  • Crassostrea sikamea (Amemiya 1928) – Kumamoto oyster
  • Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck 1819)
  • Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791) – Eastern oyster

    • Fossil species

    Crassostrea Crassostrea virginica Eastern oyster

  • †Crassostrea alabamiensis (Lea 1833)
  • †Crassostrea ashleyi (Hertlein 1943) (syn. Ostrea arnoldi)
  • †Crassostrea cahobasensis (Pilsbry and Brown 1910)
  • †Crassostrea contracta (Conrad 1865)
  • †Crassostrea cucullaris (Lamarck 1819)
  • †Crassostrea cuebana (Jung 1974)
  • †Crassostrea elegans (Deshayes, 1832) (syn. †Cubitostrea elegans Deshayes 1832 or Crassostrea (Cubitostrea) elegans)
  • †Crassostrea gigantissima (Finch 1824) – Giant fossil oyster
  • †Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim 1813)
  • †Crassostrea hatcheri (Ihering 1899)
  • †Crassostrea ingens (Zittel 1864)
  • †Crassostrea kawauchidensis (Tamura 1977)
  • †Crassostrea patagonica (D'Orbigny 1842) (syn. Ostrea ferrarisi)
  • †Crassostrea raincourti (Deshayes 1858)
  • †Crassostrea titan (Conrad 1853) (syn. Ostrea prior, O. andersoni)
  • †Crassostrea transitoria (Hupé 1854) (syn. Ostrea maxima)

    • Genetics

    Crassostrea Crassostrea virginica Eastern Oyster

    The genome of Crassostrea gigas has been recently sequenced revealing an extensive set of genes that enable it to cope with environmental stresses.

    Crassostrea NEMESIS Database Species Summary

    Crassostrea Crassostrea gigas Thunberg 1793 Marine Bivalve Shells of the

    Crassostrea Crassostrea gigas

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    References

    Crassostrea Wikipedia
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