Dredge oyster

Dredge oyster
Museum specimen of the shell of Ostrea chilensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Ostrea
Species:
O. chilensis
Binomial name
Ostrea chilensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassostrea chilensis (Küster, 1844)
  • Crassostrea discoidea (Gould, 1850)
  • Crassostrea nelsoniana (Zittel, 1865)
  • Ostraea angasi var. digitata Lamy, 1929
  • Ostraea chiloensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  • Ostrea callichroa Hanley, 1846
  • Ostrea charlottae Finlay, 1928
  • Ostrea cibialis Hupé in Gay, 1854
  • Ostrea corrugata Hutton, 1873
  • Ostrea discoidea Gould, 1850
  • Ostrea fococarens Finlay, 1928
  • Ostrea hefferdi Finlay, 1928
  • Ostrea huttoni Lamy, 1929
  • Ostrea longiuscula Hupé in Gay, 1854
  • Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873
  • Ostrea nelsoniana Zittel, 1865
  • Ostrea vinolenta Hupé in Gay, 1854
  • Tiostrea chilensis (Küster, 1844)
  • Tiostrea lutaria (Hutton, 1873)

The dredge oyster,[2] Bluff oyster[3] or Chilean oyster[4] (Ostrea chilensis),[5] is also known in Chile as ostra verde,[6] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae.

This species of flat oyster is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Ostreidae.

  1. ^ a b "Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1844". World Registry of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. ^ "§2 Interpretation -- Fisheries Act 1996 No 88 as at 3 January 2013 -- New Zealand Legislation". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 9 March 2013. "dredge oyster" means the mollusc known as Tiostrea chilensis
  3. ^ Whaanga, Mere (12 June 2006). "Mātaitai – shellfish gathering - Mussels, oysters, toheroa and other species". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. ^ SUBPESCA. "Ostra chilena". Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura.
  5. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ostrea chilensis Küster, 1844". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. ^ Villarroel-Pérez, Martín (2021). "Historia de la Ostra chilena (Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1845)". Sociedad Malacológica de Chile. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021.