''Crassostrea'' is a genus of
true oyster
The Ostreidae, the true oysters, include most species of molluscs commonly consumed as oysters. Pearl oysters are not true oysters, and belong to the order Pteriida.
Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle, which means the s ...
s (family
Ostreidae
The Ostreidae, the true oysters, include most species of molluscs commonly consumed as oysters. Pearl oysters are not true oysters, and belong to the order Pteriida.
Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle, which means the ...
) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''
Magallana
''Magallana'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Species in this genus have been moved from ''Crassostrea'' after it was found to be paraphyletic.
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''.
Species
Extant species
Extant species include:
[Taxon list for ''Crassostrea''](_blank)
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Crassostrea aequatorialis
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(d'Orbigny 1846)
* ''
Crassostrea angulata''
(Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...
1819) – Portuguese oyster
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Crassostrea brasiliana
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(Lamarck 1819)
* ''
Crassostrea chilensis
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(Philippi
Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...
1845)
* ''
Crassostrea columbiensis
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(Hanley 1846)
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Crassostrea corteziensis
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(Hertlein 1951)
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Crassostrea cuttackensis
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(Newton & Smith, 1912)
* ''
Crassostrea dianbaiensis
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(Xia, Wu, Xiao & Yu, 2014)
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Crassostrea rhizophorae
''Crassostrea rhizophorae'' is a species of bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of marine and freshwater Mollusca, molluscs that have laterally compr ...
''
(Guilding 1828)
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Crassostrea sikamea
''Crassostrea'' is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus ''Magallana''.
Species Extant species
Extant species include: ''
(Amemiya 1928) – Kumamoto oyster
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Crassostrea tulipa
''Crassostrea tulipa'', the West African mangrove oyster, is a true oyster in the family Ostreidae.
Habitat/distribution
The mangrove oyster is found in tropical intertidal zones. It grows on the bark of the stilt sections of mangrove
A m ...
''
(Lamarck 1819) – mangrove oyster
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Crassostrea virginica''
(Gmelin 1791) – Eastern oyster
Fossil species
Fossil species include:
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* †''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
''Crassostrea ingens'' is a species of fossil oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Ostreidae, the oyster. This species lived during the Pliocene. Fossils have been found in New Zealand shallow-water limestone and shellbeds. Locations i ...
'' (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'')
* †''Crassostrea wyomingensis''[J. Haffty, R. G. Schmidt, L. B. Riley, W. D. Goss. Rocks and Mineral Resources of the Wolf Creek Area, Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana: A Descriptive Report on an Area in the Disturbed Belt Along the Eastern Front of the Northern Rocky Mountains in Western Montana, Issues 1441-1446]
Genetics
The genome of ''Crassostrea gigas'' (now ''Magallana gigas
The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, or Miyagi oyster (''Magallana gigas''), is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.
Etymology
The genus ''Maga ...
'') has been recently sequenced revealing an extensive set of genes that enable it to cope with environmental stresses.
References
Crassostrea
on britannica.com.
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Bivalve genera
Extant Early Cretaceous first appearances