Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreoida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Ostreidae > Subfamily Ostreinae > Genus Ostrea

Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OstreaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name
Ostreola Monterosato, 1884 synonym
Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980 synonym

Species group names

Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, 1819 synonym
Ostrea cyrnusi Payraudeau, 1826 synonym
Ostrea depressa Philippi, 1836 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 in Taslé, 1870 synonym
Ostrea parasita Turton, 1819 synonym
Ostrea rostrata Danilo & Sandri, 1856 synonym
Ostrea striatum da Costa, 1778 synonym
Ostrea sublamellosa Milachewitch, 1916 synonym
Ostrea taurica Siemaschko, 1847 synonym
Ostrea vulgare da Costa, 1778 synonym

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.
 Bokmål (Norwegian): østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Catalan: ostra comuna
 Danish: østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: eetbare 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.;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 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)
 English-United States: Common Oyster sources: Charles Hussey
 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.
 German: essbare 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.
 Greek: Στρείδι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: ostrica comune
 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: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 699
 Norwegian Nynorsk: østers sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 699
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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; İstiridye sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Turkish PESI focal point
 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. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

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

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

Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom 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.

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
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External Links

GenBank (411 nucleotides; 263 proteins)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (943 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140658

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