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Crassostrea virginica  (Gmelin, 1791)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79872

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Crassostrea floridensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
  
    Dioeciostrea americana Orton, 1928
  
    Ostraea floridensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  
    Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791
  
    Ostrea virginiana Röding, 1798
  
    Ostrea triangularis Holmes, 1856
  
    Ostrea procyon Holmes, 1858
  
    Ostrea canadensis Lamarck, 1819
  
    Ostrea borealis Lamarck, 1819
  
    Ostraea reniformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  
    Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay and Campos, 2001
  
  Common Name(s): Eastern cupped oyster [English]
  
    American cupped oyster [English]
  
    huître creuse américaine [French]
  
    ostión virgínico [Spanish]
  
    eastern oyster [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhăo, 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  
                                        SpeciesCrassostrea 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 virginica, American cupped oyster [English], huître creuse américaine [French], ostión virgínico [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 virginica   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Crassostrea virginica   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Berthou, P., J. M. Poutiers, P. Goulletquer, and J. C. Dao / Safran, P., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Shelled molluscs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fisheries and aquaculture, from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), vol. 2   
  Page(s): 24   
  Publisher: UNESCO, EOLSS   
  Publication Place: Oxford, United Kingdom   
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  Notes: https://www.eolss.net/ebooklib/bookinfo/fisheries-aquaculture.aspx   
  Reference for: Crassostrea virginica, Eastern cupped oyster [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crassostrea virginica   
       
  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 virginica   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native & Introduced  
    Canada, Native & Introduced  
    Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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