The Ostreidae Family includes 75 species comprising 5 subfamilies (Ostreinae (9 genus), Crassostreinae (3), Striostreinae (1), ...)
and 16 genus (Ostrea (19 species), Magallana (13), Saccostrea (11), ...)
Phylum :MolluscaClass :BivalviaSubclass :AutobranchiaInfraclass :PteriomorphiaOrder :OstreidaSuperfamily :OstreoideaFamily :Ostreidae
Common name : pacific oyster, native oyster
Aspect : shells of varying shapes and sizes, rough, fluted and laminated.
Feeding : water filtering
Environment : intertidal zones between 0 and 50m
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (Subfamily Crassostreinae)
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Total collection for Ostreidae : 2 species (2 shells in total)
