92 Species in Family Ostreidae
Nominal species list for Ostreidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Alectryonella haliotidaea (Lamarck, 1819)
Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791) Fingerprint oyster
Anomiostrea coralliophila Habe, 1975
Booneostrea cucullina (Deshayes, 1836)
Booneostrea subucula (Jousseaume, 1925)
Crassostrea ariakensis (Wakiya, 1929) Suminoe oyster
Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea chilensis Hertlein
Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846) Columbia black oyster
Crassostrea commercialis unspecified Sydney cupped oyster
Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951) Cortez oyster
Crassostrea guyanensis Ranson, 1967
Crassostrea hongkongensis Lam & Morton, 2003
Crassostrea inequivalvis (Sowerby, 1871)
Crassostrea paulucciae (Crosse, 1869)
Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding, 1828 Mangrove cupped oyster
Crassostrea rufa (Crosnier, 1964)
Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) West African mangrove oyster
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) American cupped oyster
Cryptostrea permollis (Sowerby II, 1871) Sponge oyster
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758) Leaf oyster
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) Frond oyster
Dendostrea glaucina (Lamarck, 1819)
Dendostrea inaequivalvis (Sowerby, 1871)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (Sowerby, 1871) Hawaiian oyster
Dendostrea turbinata (Lamarck, 1819)
Dendrostrea crenulifera (Sowerby, 1871)
Dendrostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758) Foliate oyster
Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) 'coon oyster
Empressostrea kostini Huber & Lorenz, 2007
Empressostrea philippinarum (Hanley, 1856)
Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758) Cock's comb oyster
Lopha frons (Linnaeus, 1758) Frons oyster
Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819) Portuguese oyster
Magallana belcheri (Sowerby, 1871) Belcher's cupped oyster
Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798) Indian backwater oyster
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Giant cupped oyster
Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)
Magallana rivularis (Gould, 1861)
Magallana sikamea (Amemiya, 1928) Kumamoto oyster
Myrakeena angelica (Rochebrune, 1895) Angel oyster
Nanostrea fluctigera (Jousseaume, 1925)
Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis (Cox, 1927)
Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, 1819
Ostrea algoensis Sowerby II, 1871
Ostrea angasi Sowerby II, 1871 Australian mud oyster
Ostrea atherstonei Newton, 1913 Red flat oyster
Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981
Ostrea capsa von Waldheim, 1807
Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1854 Chilean flat oyster
Ostrea conchaphila (Carpenter, 1857) Olympia oyster
Ostrea cristata Born, 1778
Ostrea cucullata Born, 1778 Cucullate rock oyster
Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869 Lamellated oyster
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Edible oyster
Ostrea equestris (Say, 1834) Crested oyster
Ostrea futamiensis Seki, 1929
Ostrea hanleyi Sowerby, 1871
Ostrea libella Weisbord, 1964
Ostrea lixula Weisbord, 1964
Ostrea lurida Carpenter, 1864 Yaquina oyster
Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873
Ostrea megadon Hanley, 1846
Ostrea neostentina Hu, Wang, Zhang, Li & Guo, 2019
Ostrea palmipes Sowerby II, 1874
Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842
Ostrea sandvicensis unspecified
Ostreola conchaphila (Carpenter, 1857)
Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834)
Planostrea pestigris (Hanley, 1846) Palmate oyster
Pretostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
Pustulostrea pseudangulata (Lamy, 1930)
Pustulostrea tuberculata (Lamarck, 1804)
Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850)
Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) Hooded oyster
Saccostrea echinata (Qouy & Gaimard, 1835) Spiny rock oyster
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) New Zealand rock oyster
Saccostrea kegaki Torigoe & Imaba, 1981
Saccostrea malabonensis (Faustino, 1932) Philippines hooded oyster
Saccostrea mordoides Cui, Hu, Li, Zhang, Guo & Wang, 2021
Saccostrea palmula (Carpenter, 1857)
Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807) Coral rock oyster
Saccostrea spathulata (Lamarck, 1819)
Striostrea circumpicta (Pilsbry, 1904)
Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778) Denticulate rock oyster
Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819) Sand oyster
Striostrea parasitica (Gmelin, 1791)
Striostrea prismatica (Gray, 1825) Stone oyster
Talonostrea talonata Li & Qi, 1994
Teskeyostrea weberi (Olsson, 1951) Threaded oyster
Undulostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846) Megodon oyster
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