Dredge oyster | |
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Museum specimen of the shell of Ostrea chilensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Ostrea |
Species: | O. chilensis
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Binomial name | |
Ostrea chilensis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
"dredge oyster" means the mollusc known as Tiostrea chilensis