All Species
92 Species in Family Ostreidae
Nominal species list for Ostreidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Undulostrea megodon (Hanley, 1846) Megodon oyster
Teskeyostrea weberi (Olsson, 1951) Threaded oyster
Talonostrea talonata Li & Qi, 1994
Striostrea parasitica (Gmelin, 1791)
Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778) Denticulate rock oyster
Striostrea prismatica (Gray, 1825) Stone oyster
Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819) Sand oyster
Striostrea circumpicta (Pilsbry, 1904)
Saccostrea spathulata (Lamarck, 1819)
Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807) Coral rock oyster
Saccostrea palmula (Carpenter, 1857)
Saccostrea mordoides Cui, Hu, Li, Zhang, Guo & Wang, 2021
Saccostrea malabonensis (Faustino, 1932) Philippines hooded oyster
Saccostrea kegaki Torigoe & Imaba, 1981
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) New Zealand rock oyster
Saccostrea echinata (Qouy & Gaimard, 1835) Spiny rock oyster
Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850)
Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) Hooded oyster
Pustulostrea tuberculata (Lamarck, 1804)
Pustulostrea pseudangulata (Lamy, 1930)
Pretostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
Planostrea pestigris (Hanley, 1846) Palmate oyster
Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834)
Ostreola conchaphila (Carpenter, 1857)
Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842
Ostrea sandvicensis unspecified
Ostrea palmipes Sowerby II, 1874
Ostrea neostentina Hu, Wang, Zhang, Li & Guo, 2019
Ostrea megadon Hanley, 1846
Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873
Ostrea lurida Carpenter, 1864 Yaquina oyster
Ostrea lixula Weisbord, 1964
Ostrea libella Weisbord, 1964
Ostrea hanleyi Sowerby, 1871
Ostrea futamiensis Seki, 1929
Ostrea equestris (Say, 1834) Crested oyster
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Edible oyster
Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke, 1869 Lamellated oyster
Ostrea cucullata Born, 1778 Cucullate rock oyster
Ostrea cristata Born, 1778
Ostrea conchaphila (Carpenter, 1857) Olympia oyster
Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1854 Chilean flat oyster
Ostrea capsa von Waldheim, 1807
Ostrea atherstonei Newton, 1913 Red flat oyster
Ostrea aupouria Dinamani, 1981
Ostrea angasi Sowerby II, 1871 Australian mud oyster
Ostrea algoensis Sowerby II, 1871
Ostrea adriatica Lamarck, 1819
Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis (Cox, 1927)
Nanostrea fluctigera (Jousseaume, 1925)
Myrakeena angelica (Rochebrune, 1895) Angel oyster
Magallana sikamea (Amemiya, 1928) Kumamoto oyster
Magallana rivularis (Gould, 1861)
Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Giant cupped oyster
Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798) Indian backwater oyster
Magallana belcheri (Sowerby, 1871) Belcher's cupped oyster
Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819) Portuguese oyster
Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Lopha frons (Linnaeus, 1758) Frons oyster
Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758) Cock's comb oyster
Empressostrea philippinarum (Hanley, 1856)
Empressostrea kostini Huber & Lorenz, 2007
Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) 'coon oyster
Dendrostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758) Foliate oyster
Dendrostrea crenulifera (Sowerby, 1871)
Dendostrea turbinata (Lamarck, 1819)
Dendostrea sandvichensis (Sowerby, 1871) Hawaiian oyster
Dendostrea glaucina (Lamarck, 1819)
Dendostrea inaequivalvis (Sowerby, 1871)
Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) Frond oyster
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus, 1758) Leaf oyster
Cryptostrea permollis (Sowerby II, 1871) Sponge oyster
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) American cupped oyster
Crassostrea tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) West African mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rufa (Crosnier, 1964)
Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding, 1828 Mangrove cupped oyster
Crassostrea inequivalvis (Sowerby, 1871)
Crassostrea paulucciae (Crosse, 1869)
Crassostrea hongkongensis Lam & Morton, 2003
Crassostrea guyanensis Ranson, 1967
Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951) Cortez oyster
Crassostrea commercialis unspecified Sydney cupped oyster
Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley, 1846) Columbia black oyster
Crassostrea chilensis Hertlein
Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea ariakensis (Wakiya, 1929) Suminoe oyster
Booneostrea cucullina (Deshayes, 1836)
Booneostrea subucula (Jousseaume, 1925)
Anomiostrea coralliophila Habe, 1975
Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791) Fingerprint oyster
Alectryonella haliotidaea (Lamarck, 1819)
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