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Crassostrea

Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Some species in the genus have been moved to the genus Magallana.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Eastern Oyster

speciesCrassostrea virginica

West African mangrove oyster

speciesCrassostrea tulipa

Mangrove Cupped Oyster

speciesCrassostrea rhizophorae

Cortez Oyster

speciesCrassostrea corteziensis

Columbia Black Oyster

speciesCrassostrea columbiensis

Crassostrea aequatorialis

speciesCrassostrea aequatorialis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47581.