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Crassostrea  Sacco, 1897
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79867

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Dioeciostrea Orton, 1928
  
    Ostrea (Crassostrea) Sacco, 1897
  
  Common Name(s): cupped oysters [English]
  
    huîtres creuses [French]
  
    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  
                                  SubfamilyCrassostreinae Scarlato and Starobogatov, 1979  
                                     GenusCrassostrea Sacco, 1897 – cupped oysters, huîtres creuses, ostiones  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Crassostrea aequatorialis (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)  
                                        Species Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846) – Cortez cupped oyster, Columbia black oyster, huître creuse noire, ostra negra 
                                        Species Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951) – Cortez oyster, huître creuse de Cortez, ostra de Cortez 
                                        Species Crassostrea mangle Amaral and Simone, 2014  
                                        Species Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828) – Mangrove cupped oyster, huître creuse des Caraïbes, Ostión de mangle 
                                        Species Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) – mangrove oyster, Gasar cupped oyster, huître creuse gasar, ostión gasar 
                                        Species Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) – Eastern cupped oyster, American cupped oyster, huître creuse américaine, ostión virgínico, eastern oyster 
       

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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: Crassostrea, cupped oysters [English], huîtres creuses [French], ostiones [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: Crassostrea   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Crassostrea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sacco, Federico  
  Publication Date: 1897   
  Article/Chapter Title: I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, Parte 23 (Ostreidae, Anomiidae, Dimyidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torina, vol. 12, no. 298   
  Page(s): 99-100   
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  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11810051   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Spencer, Hamish G., Richard C. Willan, Paolo Mariottini, and Daniele Salvi  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomic consistency and nomenclatural rules within oysters: Commen on Li et al. (2021)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol 170, art. 107437   
  Page(s): 1-3   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107437   
  Reference for: Crassostrea   
       
  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  
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  Reference for: Crassostrea   
       

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