Genus of bivalves
Ostrea
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| A lower valve (the attachment valve) of a shell of Ostrea edulis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Bivalvia
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| Order:
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Ostreida
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| Superfamily:
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Ostreoidea
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| Family:
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Ostreidae
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| Genus:
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Ostrea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Type species
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Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species
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See text
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| Synonyms
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- Anodontostrea Suter, 1917
- † Conradostrea Ward & Blackwelder, 1987
- Cryptostrea Harry, 1985
- Eostrea Ihering, 1907
- Lopha (Ostreola) Monterosato, 1884
- Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 (genus name unavailable)
- Myrakeena Harry, 1985
- † Ostracites Picot de Lapeirouse, 1781
- Ostraea [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others)
- Ostrea (Anodontostrea) Suter, 1917
- † Ostrea (Bellostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation
- † Ostrea (Turkostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation
- Ostreola Monterosato, 1884
- Ostreum da Costa, 1776 (Unjustified emendation)
- Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980
- Undulostrea Harry, 1985
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Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.
Fossil valves of Ostrea forskali from Pliocene of Italy
