Ostrea axillata

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Description

Family Ostreidae

Valves generally higher than long; without regular spaced ribs radiating from the umbones (if riblike extensions are present, they follow no particular pattern ); valves without winglike extensions on both sides of the umbones; animal without eyes along the edge of the mantle.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Bivalvia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
        Subclass: Metabranchia ()
        Superorder: Filibranchia ()
        Order: Pteriomorpha ()
        Suborder: Ostreina ()
        Superfamily: Ostreoidea ()
        Family: Ostreidae () - Rafinesque, 1815 - True Oysters
        Subfamily: Ostreinae ()
        Genus: Ostrea () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Specific name: axillata - Linnaeus 1758
        Scientific name: - Ostrea axillata Linnaeus 1758