List of Nominal Species of Ostreidae
(oysters)
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Nominal Species (n = 79) Present allocation (n = 52) Ref.
Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, 1819 Ostrea adriatica 2684
Ostrea algoensis Sowerby II, 1871 Ostrea algoensis 3477
Ostrea angasi Sowerby II, 1871 Ostrea angasi 3477
Ostrea angasii Sowerby II, 1871 Ostrea angasi
Ostrea angassi Sowerby II, 1871 Ostrea angasi 3477
Ostrea angelica Rochebrune, 1895 Myrakeena angelica 3477
Gryphaea angulata Lamarck, 1819 Magallana angulata 3477
Ostrea arakanensis Sowerby, 1871 Saccostrea echinata 3477
Crassostrea arquatorialis Orbigny, 1846 Crassostrea columbiensis 75097
Ostrea atherstonei Newton, 1913 Ostrea atherstonei 3477
Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981 Ostrea aupouria 8121
Ostraea belcheri Sowerby, 1871 Magallana belcheri 3477
Ostrea bilineata Röding, 1798 Magallana bilineata 3477
Ostrea bresia Iredale, 1939 Dendostrea folium 348
Ostrea capsa von Waldheim, 1807 Ostrea capsa 3477
Crassostrea chilensis Hertlein Crassostrea chilensis 19
Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1854 Ostrea chilensis 356
Ostrea circumsuta Gould, 1850 Saccostrea circumsuta 3477
Ostrea complanata Fenaux, 1944 Magallana angulata 3477
Anomiostrea coralliophila Habe, 1975 Anomiostrea coralliophila 75831
Ostrea cristata Born, 1778 Ostrea cristata 19
Ostrea cucullata Born, 1778 Ostrea cucullata 437
Ostrea cumingiana Dunker, 1846 Alectryonella plicatula 348
Ostrea cymbaeformis Sowerby, 1871 Magallana gigas 3477
Ostrea deformis Lamarck, 1819 Nanostrea fluctigera 3477
Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869 Ostrea denselamellosa 75831
Ostrea denticulata Born, 1778 Striostrea denticulata 3477
Ostrea echinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 Saccostrea echinata 3477
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Ostrea edulis 19
Nanostrea exigua Harry, 1985 Nanostrea fluctigera 77646
Lopha folium Linnaeus, 1758 Dendostrea folium 348
Ostrea folium Linnaeus, 1758 Dendostrea frons 348
Mytilus frons Linnaeus, 1758 Dendostrea frons 83435
Ostrea futamiensis Seki, 1929 Ostrea futamiensis 3477
Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos, 2001 Lopha gibsonsmithi 83435
Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793 Magallana gigas 3477
Ostrea gigas var. sikamea Amemiya, 1928 Magallana sikamea 3477
Ostrea glomerata Gould, 1850 Saccostrea glomerata 3477
Saxostrea gradiva Iredale, 1939 Saccostrea echinata 3477
Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama, 1926 Magallana gigas 3477
Crassostrea guyanensis Ranson, 1967 Crassostrea guyanensis 83435
Ostrea hanleyi Sowerby, 1871 Ostrea hanleyi 2922
Dioeciostrea hispaniola Orton, 1928 Magallana gigas 3477
Crassostrea hongkongensis Lam & Morton, 2003 Crassostrea hongkongensis 77644
Empressostrea kostini Huber & Lorenz, 2007 Empressostrea kostini 3477
Ostrea laperousii Schreck, 1862 Magallana gigas 3477
Ostrea libella Weisbord, 1964 Ostrea libella 83435
Ostrea lixula Weisbord, 1964 Ostrea lixula 83435
Ostrea lurida Carpenter, 1864 Ostrea lurida 19
Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873 Ostrea lutaria 356
Ostrea malabonensis Faustino, 1932 Saccostrea malabonensis 3477
Ostrea margaritacea Lamarck, 1819 Striostrea margaritacea 3477
Ostrea megadon Hanley, 1846 Ostrea megadon 19
Ostrea megodon Hanley, 1846 Undulostrea megodon 3477
Saccostrea mordoides Cui, Hu, Li, Zhang, Guo & Wang, 2021 Saccostrea mordoides 3477
Ostrea mytiloides Lamarck, 1819 Saccostrea echinata 3477
Ostrea neostentina Hu, Wang, Zhang, Li & Guo, 2019 Ostrea neostentina 3477
Ostrea nigromarginata Sowerby, 1871 Saccostrea echinata 3477
Ostrea nippona Seki, 1934 Magallana nippona 3477
Crassostrea ochracea Sowerby, 1871 Crassostrea columbiensis 75097
Ostrea plicata Chemnitz, 1785 Alectryonella plicatula 348
Ostrea prismatica Gray, 1825 Striostrea prismatica 3477
Ostrea prosjetica Razin, 1934 Magallana gigas 3477
Lopha prosjetica beringi Vialov, 1946 Magallana gigas 3477
Lopha prosjetica newelskyi Vialov, 1946 Magallana gigas 3477
Lopha prosjetica zawoikoi Vialov, 1946 Magallana gigas 3477
Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842 Ostrea puelchana 83435
Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding, 1828 Crassostrea rhizophorae 19
Ostrea rivularis Gould, 1861 Magallana rivularis 3477
Ostrea rostralis Sowerby, 1871 Magallana gigas 3477
Ostrea rutipina Tenison-Woods, 1878 Ostrea angasi 3477
Ostraea sandvichensis Sowerby, 1871 Dendostrea sandvichensis 3477
Ostrea spinosa Deshayes, 1836 Saccostrea echinata 3477
Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826 Ostrea capsa 3477
Monoeciostrea sudaustralis Orton, 1928 Ostrea angasi 3477
Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862 Magallana gigas 3477
Talonostrea talonata Li & Qi, 1994 Talonostrea talonata 3477
Ostrea tulipa Lamarck, 1819 Crassostrea tulipa 83480
Ostrea virginica var. lusitanica Osorio, 1916 Magallana gigas 3477
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