Ostrea
Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.
Fossil records
This genus is very ancient. It is known in the fossil records from the Permian to the Quaternary. Fossil shells of these molluscs can be found all over the world. Genus Ostrea includes about 150 extinct species.History
At least one species within this genus, Ostrea lurida, has been recovered in archaeological excavations along the Central California coast of the Pacific Ocean, demonstrating it was a marine taxon exploited by the Native American Chumash people as a food source.Species
Species in the genus Ostrea include:
- O. albertensis †Russell & Landes, 1937
- O. angasi Sowerby, 1846
- O. angulata †Sowerby, 1840
- O. angusta †Deshayes, 1824
- O. anomialis †Lamarck, 1819
- O. antarctica †Zinsmeister, 1984
- O. arenicola †Tate, 1886
- O. aupouria Dinamani, 1981
- O. beloiti †Logan, 1899
- O. bicolor †Hanley, 1854
- O. blackensis †Stephenson, 1923
- O. brongniarti †Bronn, 1856
- O. californica Mareon, 1858
- O. carolinensis †Conrad, 1832
- O. castellobrancoi †Maury 1936
- O. chilensis Philippi, 1844
- O. cochlear †Poli, 1795
- O. compressirostra †Say, 1824
- O. conchaphila Carpenter, 1857
- O. costaricensis †Olsson, 1922
- O. crenulimarginata †Gabb, 1860
- O. cristata Born, 1778
- O. cubitus †Deshayes, 1832
- O. cumingiana Dunker, 1846
- O. cynthiae †Maury, 1912
- O. democraciana †Hodson et al., 1927
- O. denselamellosa （Lischke, 1869）
- O. dorsalis †Azzaroli, 1958
- O. edulis Linnaeus, 1758- Edible oyster or Belon oyster
- O. edwilsoni †Stoyanow, 1949
- O. eorivularis †Oyama & Mizuno, 1958
- O. equestris - Crested oyster
- O. erici †Hertlein, 1929
- O. flavicans Linnaeus, 1758
- O. forskali †Chemnitz, 1785
- O. fraasi †Mayer-Eymar, 1888
- O. frondosa †de Serres, 1829
- O. gajensis †Vredenburg, 1928
- O. gingensis †Schlotheim, 1813
- O. glabra Linnaeus, 1758
- O. golfotristensis †Maury 1912
- O. haleyi †Hertlein, 1933
- O. hippopus †Tate, 1886
- O. hyotidoidea †Tate, 1899
- O. imbricata † Lamarck, 1819
- O. incisa †Martin, 1883
- O. invalida †White, 1887
- O. iridescens Gray, 1854
- O. jogjacartensis †Martin, 1914
- O. khamirensis †Cox, 1936
- O. latimarginata †Vredenburg, 1908
- O. longirostris † Lamarck, 1806
- O. ludensis †Deshayes, 1861
- O. lurida Carpenter, 1864
- O. lutaria †Hutton, 1885
- O. maculosa Forskål, 1775
- O. manubriata †Tate, 1887
- O. marginidentata †Wood, 1861
- O. matercula †de Verneuil, 1845
- O. mauricensis †Gabb, 1860
- O. megadon
- O. mesenterica †Morton, 1834
- O. messor †Maury, 1925
- O. minbuensis †Cotter, 1923
- O. minerensis † Russell & Landes, 1937
- O. minuta Linnaeus, 1758
- O. miradorensis †Olsson, 1931
- O. monetalis † Martin, 1931
- O. negritensis †Olsson, 1928
- Ostrea neostentina L.-S. Hu, H.-Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Li & X.-M. Guo, 2019
- O. normalis †Gardner, 1926
- O. obliterata Linnaeus, 1758
- O. pangadiensis †Hislop, 1859
- O. paracasensis †Rivera, 1957
- O. parasitica †Gmelin, 1791
- O. paroxis †Lesueur, 1829
- O. parrensis †Vega et al., 1999
- O. pejerreyensis †Rivera, 1957
- O. pellucens Linnaeus, 1758
- O. pesfelis Linnaeus, 1758
- O. petrosa †Fuchs, 1879
- O. peytoni †Richards, 1947
- O. pileosimilis †Martin, 1931
- O. plicatula Gmelin, 1791
- O. portoricoensis †Hubbard, 1920
- O. princeps †Woods, 1850
- O. procyonis †Maury, 1924
- O. prona †Wood, 1861
- O. protoimbricata †Vredenburg, 1928
- O. pseudocrassissima †Fuchs, 1878
- O. pseudodigitalina †Fuchs, 1879
- O. pseudorissensis †Vredenburg, 1928
- O. pulaskensis †Harris, 1892
- O. radula Linnaeus, 1758
- O. raveneliana †Tuomey & Holmes, 1855
- O. resupinata †Deshayes, 1858
- O. retusa Sowerby, 1871
- O. russelli †Russell & Landes, 1937
- O. samanensis †Olsson, 1928
- O. sanguinea Linnaeus, 1758
- O. saxitoniana †McLearn, 1929
- O. seymourensis †Zinsmeister, 1984
- O. soleniscus †Meek, 1893
- O. stentina Payraudeau, 1826
- O. striatula Linnaeus, 1758
- O. sturtiana †Tate, 1886
- O. subangulata †d'Orbigny, 1852
- O. submissa †Deshayes, 1864
- O. subradiosa †Bohm, 1926
- O. superficialis Forskål, 1775
- O. tacalensis †Hodson et al., 1927
- O. tayloriana †Gabb, 1866
- O. thalassoklusta †Maury, 1912
- O. tridacnaeformis Cox, 1927
- O. turkestanensis †Romanovski, 1880
- O. uncinta †Lamarck, 1806
- O. ungulata †Nyst, 1843
- O. ventilabrum †Goldfuss, 1826
- O. vestita †Fuchs, 1883
- O. wiedenmayeri †Hodson et al., 1927
- O. wollastoni †Finlay, 1927
