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Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Recognized by NMNH Collection and Flickr Group
Lopha gibsonsmithi
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Ostrea borealis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Ostrea canadensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Ostrea procyon
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Ostrea triangularis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Ostrea virginiana
Ostrea virginica
Species recognized by Global Biotic Interactions

Alternative Names

Crassostrea (Crassostrea) virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dioeciostrea americana Orton 1928
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos 2001
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostraea floridensis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostraea reniformis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostraea rostrata Chemnitz 1785
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea borealis Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea canadensis Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea procyon Holmes 1858
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea triangularis Holmes 1856
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea virginiana Röding 1798
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea virginica auroraensis Ward & Blackwelder 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dioeciostrea americana Orton 1928
Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos 2001
Ostraea floridensis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Ostraea reniformis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Ostraea rostrata Chemnitz 1785
Ostrea borealis Lamarck 1819
Ostrea canadensis Lamarck 1819
Ostrea procyon Holmes 1858
Ostrea triangularis Holmes 1856
Ostrea virginiana Röding 1798
Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ostrea virginica labellensis (Olsson & Harbison 1953)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
Crassostrea (Crassostrea) virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Crassostrea (Crassostrea) virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Crassostrea brasiliana Lamarck
Crassostrea floridensis Sowerby
Dioeciostrea americana Orton 1928
Dioeciostrea americana Orton 1928
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos 2001
Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos 2001
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostraea floridensis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Ostraea floridensis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostraea reniformis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Ostraea reniformis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostraea rostrata Chemnitz 1785
Ostraea rostrata Chemnitz 1785
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea (Crassostrea) virginica
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Ostrea borealis Lamarck 1819
Ostrea borealis Lamarck 1819
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea canadensis Lamarck 1819
Ostrea canadensis Lamarck 1819
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea procyon Holmes 1858
Ostrea procyon Holmes 1858
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea triangularis Holmes 1856
Ostrea triangularis Holmes 1856
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea virginiana
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Ostrea virginiana Röding 1798
Ostrea virginiana Röding 1798
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ostrea virginica
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

American cupped oyster
Blue point oyster
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
Blue points
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
Common oyster
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
Eastern oyster
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
blue point oyster
eastern oyster

Asturian

ostra americana preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

美洲牡蠣 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Amerikaanse oester preferred
Noord-Amerikaanse oester

French

Huître creuse américaine preferred
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
huître creuse américaine preferred

Galician

Ostra americana preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Amerikanische Auster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Ameríkuostra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

cuasoisre Meiriceánach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

バージニアガキ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

صدف چروک شرقی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Ostryżyca amerykańska preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Ostión virgínico preferred
Recognized by FAO species catalogs

Vietnamese

Hàu Mỹ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

كراسوستريا فيرجينيكا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Ostrea
Ostrea borealis (this page)
141 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Ostrea
Ostrea canadensis (this page)
141 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Ostrea
Ostrea procyon (this page)
141 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Ostrea
Ostrea triangularis (this page)
141 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Ostrea
Ostrea virginiana (this page)
141 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.