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Taxon: Genus Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 - flat oyster (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 696.

Types

Type of: Ostreida (Order) Férussac, 1822 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. [inferred]
Type of: Ostreidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. [inferred]
Type of: Ostreina (Suborder) Férussac, 1822 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. [inferred]
Type of: Ostreinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. [inferred]
Type of: Ostreini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. [inferred]
Type of: Ostreoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Ostrea (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352. [inferred]
Type: Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable): Ostrea nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 27 Dec 2021.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Myrakeena (Genus) Harry, 1985 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Pretostrea (Genus) Iredale, 1939 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.
Including: †Cymbulostrea (Subgenus) Sacco, 1897 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352 ("Sacco, 1897 (non Vialov, 1936)").
Including: Tiostrea (Genus) Chanley & Dinamani, 1980 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 352.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: oesters

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: flat oyster Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 35.

Vernacular Names (Russian)

Full name: Устрица [Ustritsa] Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 35.
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