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Ostreidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79866

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): flat oysters [English]
  
    cupped oysters [English]
  
    huîtres plates [French]
  
    huîtres creuses [French]
  
    ostras [Spanish]
  
    ostiones [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassPteriomorphia   
                         OrderOstreida   
                            SuperfamilyOstreoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyOstreidae Rafinesque, 1815 – flat oysters, cupped oysters, huîtres plates, huîtres creuses, ostras, ostiones  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Subfamily Crassostreinae Scarlato and Starobogatov, 1979  
                                  Subfamily Ostreinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                  Subfamily Saccostreinae Salvi and Mariottini, 2016  
                                  Subfamily Striostreinae Harry, 1985  
       
                                FamilyOstreidae Rafinesque, 1815 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                  Genus Nicaisolopha Vialov, 1936  
       

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  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 20-Dec-2024, database (version 20-Dec-24)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Ostreidae, cupped oysters [English], flat oysters [English], huîtres creuses [French], huîtres plates [French], ostiones [Spanish], ostras [Spanish]   
       
  Source: MolluscaBase (October, 2024), database (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org on 2024-10-01. doi:10.14284/448   
  Reference for: Ostreidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ostreidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bieler, Rüdiger, Joseph G. Carter, and Eugene V. Coan  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Classification of Bivalve Families, IN Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Malacologia, vol. 52, no. 2   
  Page(s): 113-184   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0076-2997   
  Notes: Available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201   
  Reference for: Ostreidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ponder, Winston Frank, David R. Lindberg, and Juliet Mary Ponder  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xx + 870   
  Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780815361848   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ostreidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rafinesque, C. S.  
  Publication Date: 1815   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés   
  Page(s): 224   
  Publisher: Rafinesque   
  Publication Place: Palermo, Italy   
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  Notes: Available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ostreidae   
       

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