Ostreidae
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| True Oysters | |
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| Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Suborder: | Ostreina |
| Superfamily: | Ostreoidea |
| Family: | Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Genera and species | |
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12-15, See text. |
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Ostreidae are the true oysters. The family includes most species eaten under the name oyster. Pearl oysters are not true oysters. They belong to the distinct order Pterioida.
Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle. This causes a scar in the middle of the shell. It is the point of attachment. The shell is often irregular because oysters attach to substrates.
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