Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Ostreidae > Subfamily Ostreinae > Genus Ostrea

Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ostrea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Ostraea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Ostreola*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Tiostrea*	Chanley & Dinamani, 1980	synonym

Species group names

*Ostrea depressa*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Ostrea rostrata*	[sic] sensu Danilo & Sandri, 1856	orthographic variant
*Ostrea adriatica*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Ostrea cyrnusii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. crassa*	Weinkauff, 1867	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. obtusa*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. rutupina*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. tarentina*	Issel, 1882	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. venetiana*	Issel, 1882	synonym
*Ostrea hippopus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Ostrea lamellosa*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Ostrea leonica*	Fréminville, 1870	synonym
*Ostrea parasitica*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym
*Ostrea striatum*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Ostrea sublamellosa*	Milaschewitsch, 1916	synonym
*Ostrea taurica*	Krynicki, 1837	synonym; nom. nud.
*Ostrea taurica*	Siemaschko, 1847	synonym
*Ostrea vulgare*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Ostrea cristata*	Born, 1778 sensu Poli, 1795	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gurca; gurrca; midhja e gurtë; stridhe sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: ostra comuna

Danish: østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: eetbare oester; Europese platte oester; oester; platte oester sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Oosterbaan, A. (2003). Strandgids: veldgids voor het Noordzeestrand [Beach guide: field guide for the North Sea coast]. EcoMare, centrum voor wadden en Noordzee: Texel, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-75318-15-4. 65 pp.

English: common oyster; edible oyster; European flat oyster; flat oyster sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: belon; huître comestible; huître plate; huître plate européenne; pied de cheval sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: essbare Auster; Europäische Auster; Gemeine Auster sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Στρείδι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: ostrica comune

Japanese: ヨーロッパヒラガキ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: paprastoji austrė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: европейская устрица; устрица съедобная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: navadna ostriga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ostra común; ostra europea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Swedish: ostron sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: istiridye sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Устриця звичайна; Устриця їстівна

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Orton, J. H. (1927). Is the American slipper-limpet (Crepidula fornicata) an oyster pest?. The Nautilus. 40(3): 102-103.
additional source	Gonzalez-Wangüemert, M.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Rosique, M. J.; Ortiz, A. (2004). Genetic differentiation in two cryptic species of Ostreidae, Ostrea edulis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau, 1826) in Mar Menor Lagoon, southwestern Mediterranean Sea. The Nautilus. 118(3), 103-111.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

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External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140658