Ostrea
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Ostrea edulis
See also: ostrea
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin ostrea (“oyster, mussel”).
Proper noun
Ostrea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ostreidae – typical true oysters.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Pteriomorphia - subclass; Ostreida - order; Ostreina - suborder; Ostreoidea - superfamily; Ostreidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ostrea edulis (European flat oyster) - type species; see
Ostrea on WikispeciesWikispecies for more species.
Derived terms
- Anomiostrea
- †Argutostrea
- Booneostrea
- Crassostrea
- †Crenostrea
- †Cubitostrea
- Dendostrea
- Empressostrea
- †Flemingostrea
- †Liostrea
- Nanostrea
- Ostreavirus
- †Pernostrea
- Planostrea
- Pretostrea
- Pustulostrea
- Saccostrea
- Striostrea
- Talonostrea
- Teskeyostrea
References
Ostrea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Ostrea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ostrea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ostrea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Ostrea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ostrea at Paleobiology Database
- Ostrea at World Register of Marine Species
