Interesting Facts
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Description
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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
()
- Superfamily:
Ostreoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ostreina
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tiostrea
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Further Reading
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- Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 52.
- Larvae of marine bivalves and echinoderms / V.L. Kasyanov. .. [et al.]; scientific editor, David L. Pawson. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1998. url p. 22.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 14, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data provider for the NIWA Marine Biodata Information System
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5637706
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13834078
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 632106
