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Oyster
Crassostrea virginica
Also known as: Eastern Oyster • American oyster • American cupped oyster
Kingdom: Animalia
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not all oysters, are in the superfamily Ostreoidea.
Quick Facts
Common Names:
Oyster, Eastern Oyster, American oyster, American cupped oyster, Blue point oyster, Blue points, Common oyster, Eastern oyster, blue point oyster, eastern oyster, American Oyster, Common Oyster
Class:
Bivalvia
Data Completeness:
86%
Data Sources
🌍gbif
📚itis
📖wikipedia
🔬eol
🦎inaturalist
References
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Distribution Statistics
10
Observations
13
Countries
Top Locations
BE
1
FR
1
GB
1
NL
1
Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, NJ, US
1
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First: 12/9/2013 · Latest: 10/7/2024
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