Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreoida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Ostreidae > Subfamily Ostreinae > Genus Ostrea

Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ostrea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Ostreola*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Tiostrea*	Chanley & Dinamani, 1980	synonym

Species group names

*Ostrea adriatica*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Ostrea cyrnusi*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Ostrea depressa*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. crassa*	Weinkauff, 1867	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. obtusa*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. rutupina*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. tarentina*	Issel, 1882	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. venetiana*	Issel, 1882	synonym
*Ostrea hippopus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Ostrea lamellosa*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Ostrea leonica*	Fréminville in Taslé, 1870	synonym
*Ostrea parasita*	Turton, 1819	synonym
*Ostrea rostrata*	Danilo & Sandri, 1856	synonym
*Ostrea striatum*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Ostrea sublamellosa*	Milachewitch, 1916	synonym
*Ostrea taurica*	Siemaschko, 1847	synonym
*Ostrea vulgare*	da Costa, 1778	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gurca; gurrca; midhja e gurtë; stridhe sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: ostra comuna

Danish: østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: eetbare oester; oester; platte oester sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;Oosterbaan, A. (2003). Strandgids: veldgids voor het Noordzeestrand [Beach guide: field guide for the North Sea coast]. EcoMare, centrum voor wadden en Noordzee: Texel, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-75318-15-4. 65 pp.

English: common oyster; edible oyster; European flat oyster sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Common Oyster sources: Charles Hussey

French: belon; huître comestible; huître plate; huître plate européenne; pied de cheval sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: essbare Auster sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Greek: Στρείδι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: ostrica comune

Lithuanian: paprastoji austrė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: østers sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 699

Norwegian Nynorsk: østers sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 699

Nynorsk (Norwegian): østers sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: европейская устрица; устрица съедобная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: navadna ostriga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ostra común; ostra europea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Swedish: ostron sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: istiridye; İstiridye sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Устриця звичайна; Устриця їстівна

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Gonzalez-Wangüemert M., Pérez-Ruzafa A., Rosique M.J. & Ortiz A. (2004) Genetic differentiation in two cryptic species of Ostreidae, Ostrea edulis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau, 1826) in Mar Menor Lagoon, southwestern Mediterranean Sea. The Nautilus 118(3): 103-111.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (411 nucleotides; 263 proteins)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (943 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140658