Ostrea facts for kids
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| The lower shell of an Ostrea edulis oyster, which is the part that attaches to surfaces. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Superfamily: | Ostreoidea |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | Ostrea (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Ostrea is a group of amazing oysters that live in the ocean! These are sea-dwelling bivalve mollusks. Think of them as a type of shellfish with two shells, just like clams. Many Ostrea oysters are famous for being delicious to eat. They belong to the family called Ostreidae, which is the main oyster family.
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Ancient History of Ostrea Oysters
Ostrea oysters have been around for a super long time! We know this because their fossil records show they lived from the Permian period all the way to today. That's a huge age range, from about 259 million years ago until now! You can find fossil shells of these ancient sea creatures all over the world. There are about 150 types of Ostrea that are now extinct, meaning they no longer exist.
Ostrea Oysters in Human History
At least one type of Ostrea oyster, called Ostrea lurida, was an important food source for people long ago. Scientists have found their shells at old archaeological sites along the coast of Central California in the Pacific Ocean. This shows that the Native American Chumash people ate these oysters as part of their diet.
Types of Ostrea Species
The genus Ostrea includes many different species, both living today and extinct. Here are some of them:
- † Ostrea albertensis Russell & Landes, 1937
- Ostrea algoensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
- Ostrea angasi G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
- Ostrea angelica Rochebrune, 1895
- † Ostrea angusta Deshayes, 1824
- † Ostrea anomialis Lamarck, 1819
- † Ostrea antarctica Zinsmeister, 1984
- † Ostrea arcula Marwick, 1928
- † Ostrea arenicola Tate, 1886
- Ostrea atherstonei Newton, 1913
- † Ostrea awajiensis Matsubara, 1998
- † Ostrea beloiti Logan, 1899
- † Ostrea blackensis Stephenson, 1923
- † Ostrea brongniarti Bronn, 1856
- † Ostrea californica Mareon, 1858
- † Ostrea carolinensis Conrad, 1832
- † Ostrea castellobrancoi Maury 1936
- Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1844
- Ostrea circumpicta Pilsbry, 1904
- † Ostrea compressirostra Say, 1824
- Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter, 1857
- †Ostrea costaricensis †Olsson, 1922
- † Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb, 1860
- † Ostrea cynthiae Maury, 1912
- † Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al., 1927
- Ostrea denselamellosa （Lischke, 1869
- † Ostrea diluviana Linnaeus, 1767
- †Ostrea dorsalis †Azzaroli, 1958
- Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758- edible oyster or Belon oyster
- † Ostrea edwilsoni Stoyanow, 1949
- † Ostrea eorivularis Oyama & Mizuno, 1958
- Ostrea equestris (Say, 1834)- crested oyster
- † Ostrea erici Hertlein, 1929
- † Ostrea fraasi Mayer-Eymar, 1888
- † Ostrea frondosa de Serres, 1829
- Ostrea futamiensis Seki, 1929
- † Ostrea gajensis Vredenburg, 1928
- †Ostrea gingensis Schlotheim, 1813
- Ostrea golfotristensis †Maury 1912
- † Ostrea haleyi Hertlein, 1933
- † Ostrea hyotidoidea Tate, 1899
- † Ostrea incisa Martin, 1883
- † Ostrea invalida White, 1887
- † Ostrea jogjacartensis Martin, 1914
- † Ostrea khamirensis Cox, 1936
- † Ostrea latimarginata Vredenburg, 1908
- Ostrea libella Weisbord, 1964
- † Ostrea locklini J. Gardner, 1945
- † Ostrea longirostris Lamarck, 1806
- † Ostrea ludensis Deshayes, 1861
- Ostrea lurida Carpenter, 1864
- † Ostrea manubriata Tate, 1887
- † Ostrea marginidentata Wood, 1861
- † Ostrea matercula de Verneuil, 1845
- † Ostrea mauricensis Gabb, 1860
- Ostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846)
- † Ostrea mesenterica Morton, 1834
- †Ostrea messor Maury, 1925
- † Ostrea minbuensis Cotter, 1923
- † Ostrea minerensis Russell & Landes, 1937
- † Ostrea miradorensis Olsson, 1931
- † Ostrea monetalis † Martin, 1931
- Ostrea negritensis Olsson, 1928
- Ostrea neostentina L.-S. Hu, H.-Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Li & X.-M. Guo, 2019
- † Ostrea normalis Gardner, 1926
- † Ostrea pangadiensis Hislop, 1859
- † Ostrea paracasensis Rivera, 1957
- † Ostrea parasitica Gmelin, 1791 (nomen dubium)
- † Ostrea paroxis Lesueur, 1829
- † O. parrensis Vega et al., 1999
- Ostrea pejerreyensis Rivera, 1957
- Ostrea permollis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
- † Ostrea petrosa Fuchs, 1879
- † Ostrea peytoni Richards, 1947
- † Ostrea pileosimilis Martin, 1931
- † Ostrea portoricoensis Hubbard, 1920
- † Ostrea princeps Woods, 1850
- † Ostrea procyonis Maury, 1924
- † Ostrea prona Wood, 1861
- † Ostrea protoimbricata Vredenburg, 1928
- † Ostrea pseudocrassissima Fuchs, 1878
- † Ostrea pseudodigitalina Fuchs, 1879
- † Ostrea pseudorissensisVredenburg, 1928
- Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842
- † Ostrea pulaskensis Harris, 1892
- † Ostrea raveneliana Tuomey & Holmes, 1855
- † Ostrea resupinata Deshayes, 1858
- Ostrea retusa J.C. Sowerby, 1836 (taxon inquirendum, preoccupied by Ostrea retusa O. F. Müller, 1776)
- †Ostrea russelli Russell & Landes, 1937
- † Ostrea samanensis Olsson, 1928
- † Ostrea saxitoniana †McLearn, 1929
- † Ostrea sculpturata Conrad, 1840
- † Ostrea seymourensis Zinsmeister, 1984
- † Ostrea soleniscus Meek, 1893
- Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826
- † Ostrea sturtiana Tate, 1886
- † Ostrea subangulata d'Orbigny, 1852
- † Ostrea submissa Deshayes, 1864
- † Ostrea subradiosa Bohm, 1926
- † Ostrea tacalensis Hodson et al., 1927
- † Ostrea tatei Suter, 1913
- † Ostrea tayloriana Gabb, 1866
- † Ostrea thalassoklusta Maury, 1912
- † Ostrea turkestanensis Romanovski, 1880
- † Ostrea uncinta Lamarck, 1806
- † Ostrea ungulata Nyst, 1843
- † Ostrea ventilabrum Goldfuss, 1826
- † Ostrea vestita Fuchs, 1883
- † Ostrea waitangiensis Marwick, 1928
- † Ostrea wiedenmayeri Hodson et al., 1927
- Synonyms (Other Names for Ostrea)
Sometimes, scientists give a species a new name, but later find out it's actually the same as one already named. These are called synonyms. Here are a few examples of names that were once used for Ostrea species but are now known by other names:
- † Ostrea angulata Sowerby, 1840: now called Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819)
- Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981: now called Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
- Ostrea bicolor †Hanley, 1854: now called Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819)
- † Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795: now called Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
- † Ostrea cristata Born, 1778: now called Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
- † Ostrea cubitus Deshayes, 1832: now called † Cubitostrea cubitus (Deshayes, 1832)
- Ostrea flavicans Linnaeus, 1758: now called Semipallium flavicans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Ostrea forskali Chemnitz, 1785: now called Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
- Ostrea glabra Linnaeus, 1758: now called Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea hippopus Tate, 1886: now called Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
- † Ostrea imbricata Lamarck, 1819: now called Hyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
- Ostrea iridescens Hanley, 1854: now called Striostrea prismatica (Gray, 1825)
- † Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873: now called Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844
- Ostrea maculosa Forskål, 1775: now called Gloripallium maculosum (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
- Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758: now called Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea obliterata Linnaeus, 1758: now called Dentamussium obliteratum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea pellucens Linnaeus, 1758: now called Caribachlamys pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea pesfelis Linnaeus, 1758: now called Manupecten pesfelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea plicatula Gmelin, 1791: now called Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791)
- Ostrea radula Linnaeus, 1758: now called Decatopecten radula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea sanguinea Linnaeus, 1758: now called Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea striatula Linnaeus, 1758: now called Annachlamys striatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ostrea superficialis Forskål, 1775: now called Laevichlamys superficialis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
- Ostrea tridacnaeformis Cox, 1927: now called Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis (Cox, 1927)
- † Ostrea wollastoni Finlay, 1927: now called † Flemingostrea wollastoni (Finlay, 1927)
See also
In Spanish: Ostrea para niños
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