Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida

Ostreoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gryphaeidae Vialov, 1936
Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815

Literature

basis of record	Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184.
additional source	Inaba, A. & Torigoe, K. (2004). Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 3: 1-63, pl.1-13, (1)-(9).
additional source	Harry, H.W. (1985). Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. The Veliger. 28(2): 121-158.
additional source	Stenzel, H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence. Vol. 3: i-iv, N953–N1224.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostreoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151323