Ostreoida

Ostreoida
Spondylus sp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Pteriomorphia
Order:	Ostreoida
Families
Anomiidae Dimyidae Entoliidae Gryphaeidae Ostreidae Pectinidae Placunidae Plicatulidae Propeamussiidae Spondylidae Syncyclonemidae

Fossil Spondylus valve interiors from the Pliocene of Cyprus.

The order Ostreoida includes the true oysters and other families of bivalves such as Pectinidae (mostly scallops).

There are eleven families recognised within it. However there are many suborders, superfamilies and subfamilies in this order. There are almost 100 genera in this order.

Other pages

• European checklist of marine species, for Molluscs
• Man and Molluscs Bivalve page