''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
''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)
World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 9 August 2017.
* ''
Crassostrea aequatorialis''
(d'Orbigny 1846)
* ''
Crassostrea angulata
The Portuguese oyster, ''Crassostrea angulata'', is a species of oyster found in the southwest Iberian Peninsula, closely related to the Pacific oyster. Although first identified as a native European species, genetic studies have suggested the P ...
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(Lamarck
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1819) – Portuguese oyster
* ''
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''
(Philippi
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1845)
* ''
Crassostrea columbiensis''
(Hanley 1846)
* ''
Crassostrea corteziensis''
(Hertlein 1951)
* ''
Crassostrea cuttackensis''
(Newton & Smith, 1912)
* ''
Crassostrea dianbaiensis''
(Xia, Wu, Xiao & Yu, 2014)
* ''
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 ...
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(Guilding 1828)
* ''
Crassostrea sikamea''
(Amemiya 1928) – Kumamoto oyster
* ''
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
* ''
Crassostrea virginica
The eastern oyster (''Crassostrea virginica'')—also called the Atlantic oyster, American oyster, or East Coast oyster—is a species of true oyster native to eastern North and South America. Other names in local or culinary use include the We ...
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(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'' (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'') 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