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Ostreoidea is a
taxonomic superfamily of
bivalve marine mollusc,
sometimes simply identified as oysters,
containing two families. The
ostreoids are characterized...
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order Ostreida includes the true oysters. One
superfamily (
Ostreoidea) and two
extant families are
recognised within it. The two
families are Ostreidae...
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irregular in shape. Many, but not all oysters, are in the
superfamily Ostreoidea. Some
species of
oyster are
commonly consumed and are
regarded as a delicacy...
- Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Mollusca class:
Bivalvia Order:
Ostreida Superfamily:
Ostreoidea Family:
Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera 12-15, See text....
- but a few
members of the Arcoidea, Limopsoidea, Mytiloidea, Anomioidea,
Ostreoidea, and
Limoidea have
simple eyes on the
margin of the mantle.
These consist...
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Animalia Phylum:
Mollusca class:
Bivalvia Order:
Ostreida Superfamily:
Ostreoidea Family:
Ostreidae Genus:
Ostrea (Linnaeus, 1758) Type
species Ostrea edulis...
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Animalia Phylum:
Mollusca class:
Bivalvia Order:
Ostreida Superfamily:
Ostreoidea Family:
Ostreidae Genus:
Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920 Type species...
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Superfamily Dimyoidea Superfamily Limoidea Superfamily Mytiloidea Superfamily Ostreoidea Superfamily Pectinoidea Superfamily Pinnoidea Superfamily Plicatuloidea...
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Limopsidae Family:
Philobryidae (True
oysters and
their allies) Superfamily:
Ostreoidea Family: Gryphaeidae, the foam
oysters or
honeycomb oysters Family: Ostreidae...
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Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Mollusca class:
Bivalvia Order:
Ostreida Superfamily:
Ostreoidea Family:
Gryphaeidae Vyalov, 1936
Genera See text...
