family Ostreidae

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family Ostreidae - oysters

Ostreidae

mollusk family - a family of mollusks

Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia - oysters; clams; scallops; mussels

oyster - marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

genus Ostrea, Ostrea - type genus of the family Ostreidae

Crassostrea, genus Crassostrea - Virginia oysters

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Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree.

MONSOONALLY DRIVEN REPRODUCTION IN THE TROPICAL BLACK-LIP ROCK OYSTER SACCOSTREA ECHINATA (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1835) IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

Members of the family Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815 are among the sessile marine invertebrates that live on a variety of abiogenic and biogenic substrates (Slack-Smith, 1998; Fernandez-Leborans, 2010).

The first finding of Ostrea cf. puelchana (Bivalvia) living as epibiont on Callinectes exasperates (Decapoda)/Primeiro registro de Ostrea cf. puelchana (Bivalvia) vivendo como epibionte sobre Callinectes exasperates (Decapoda)

Oysters are bivalve mollusks, belonging to the family Ostreidae, with wide geographical distribution.

Morphology of the larval shell of three oyster species of the genus Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)/Morfologia de conchas larvais de tres especies de ostras do genero Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)