Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Alectryonella haliotidaea		Indo-Pacific.		1819
Alectryonella plicatula	Fingerprint oyster	Indo-West Pacific.	8.4 SHL	1791
Anomiostrea coralliophila		Indo-West Pacific.		1975
Booneostrea cucullina		Indo-Pacific.		1836
Booneostrea subucula		Western Indian Ocean		1925
Crassostrea ariakensis	Suminoe oyster	Northwest Pacific.		1929
Crassostrea brasiliana	Mangrove oyster	Southwest Atlantic		1819
Crassostrea chilensis		Southwest Atlantic
Crassostrea columbiensis	Columbia black oyster	Southeast Pacific and Nor		1846
Crassostrea commercialis	Sydney cupped oyster	To be filled.	25 ShL
Crassostrea corteziensis	Cortez oyster	Eastern Central Pacific a	25 SHL	1951
Crassostrea guyanensis		Western Atlantic.		1967
Crassostrea hongkongensis		Northwest Pacific		2003
Crassostrea inequivalvis		Indo-West Pacific.		1871
Crassostrea paulucciae		Western Pacific.		1869
Crassostrea rhizophorae	Mangrove cupped oyster	Atlantic Ocean	12 NG	1828
Crassostrea rufa		Eastern Central Atlantic		1964
Crassostrea tulipa	West African mangrove oyster	Atlantic Ocean		1819
Crassostrea virginica	American cupped oyster	Western Atlantic and the	30 SHH	1791
Cryptostrea permollis	Sponge oyster	Western Central Atlantic.	3 DL	1871
Dendostrea folium	Leaf oyster	Indo-West Pacific	10 SHH	1758
Dendostrea frons	Frond oyster	Western Central Pacific a	5 SHL	1758
Dendostrea glaucina		Western Pacific		1819
Dendostrea inaequivalvis		Indo-Pacific.		1871
Dendostrea sandvichensis	Hawaiian oyster	Eastern Central Pacific		1871
Dendostrea turbinata		Indo-West Pacific.		1819
Dendrostrea crenulifera		Indo-Pacific and the Medi	3.1 TL	1871
Dendrostrea folium	Foliate oyster	Indo-Pacific.	8 SHH	1758
Dendrostrea frons	'coon oyster	Western and Eastern Atla		1758
Empressostrea kostini		Western Central Pacific		2007
Empressostrea philippinarum		Western Central Pacific		1856
Lopha cristagalli	Cock's comb oyster	Indo-Pacific	20.5 SHL	1758
Lopha frons	Frons oyster	Western Central Atlantic		1758
Lopha gibsonsmithi		Western Atlantic.	6.6 DL	2001
Magallana angulata	Portuguese oyster	Northwest Pacific and Nor		1819
Magallana belcheri	Belcher's cupped oyster	Indo-Pacific.		1871
Magallana bilineata	Indian backwater oyster	Indo-Pacific.	20.9 SHL	1798
Magallana gigas	Giant cupped oyster	Northwest Pacific. Intro	45 SHL	1793
Magallana nippona		Northwest Pacific		1934
Magallana rivularis		Western Pacific		1861
Magallana sikamea	Kumamoto oyster	Northwest Pacific	6 SHL	1928
Myrakeena angelica	Angel oyster	Eastern Central Pacific		1895
Nanostrea fluctigera		Indo-Pacific and the Medi		1925
Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis		Indo-West Pacific		1927
Ostrea adriatica		Mediterranean Sea		1819
Ostrea algoensis		Southeast Atlantic		1871
Ostrea angasi	Australian mud oyster	Indo-West Pacific		1871
Ostrea atherstonei	Red flat oyster	Western Indian Ocean	10.5 SHL	1913
Ostrea aupouria		Southwest Pacific		1981
Ostrea capsa		Southwest Pacific and the		1807
Ostrea chilensis	Chilean flat oyster	South Pacific Ocean	10 ShL	1854
Ostrea conchaphila	Olympia oyster	Eastern Central Pacific	9 SHD	1857
Ostrea cristata		Northeast Atlantic	3.7 DL	1778
Ostrea cucullata	Cucullate rock oyster	Eastern Atlantic and Indo		1778
Ostrea denselamellosa	Lamellated oyster	Western Pacific.		1869
Ostrea edulis	Edible oyster	Northeast Pacific, Northe	12 SHH	1758
Ostrea equestris	Crested oyster	Northeast Atlantic and So		1834
Ostrea futamiensis		Western Pacific.		1929
Ostrea hanleyi		Indo-Pacific.	3.0 TL	1871
Ostrea libella		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1964
Ostrea lixula		Western Atlantic.	6 DL	1964
Ostrea lurida	Yaquina oyster	Eastern Pacific	9 SHL	1864
Ostrea lutaria		Southwest Pacific	8 ShL	1873
Ostrea megadon		Northeast Atlantic		1846
Ostrea neostentina		Northwest Pacific and the		2019
Ostrea palmipes		Western Central Pacific		1874
Ostrea puelchana		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P	7.2 DL	1842
Ostrea sandvicensis		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
Ostreola conchaphila		Northeast Pacific and Nor		1857
Ostreola equestris		Atlantic Ocean.	4.7 DL	1834
Planostrea pestigris	Palmate oyster	Indo-West Pacific	15 SHH	1846
Pretostrea rosacea		Western Pacific.		1836
Pustulostrea pseudangulata		Western Central Pacific		1930
Pustulostrea tuberculata		Western Pacific.		1804
Saccostrea circumsuta		Central Pacific		1850
Saccostrea cuccullata	Hooded oyster	Indo-Pacific and Eastern	20 SHL	1778
Saccostrea echinata	Spiny rock oyster	Western Pacific.		1835
Saccostrea glomerata	New Zealand rock oyster	Indo-West Pacific.	5 SHL	1850
Saccostrea kegaki		Western Central Pacific		1981
Saccostrea malabonensis	Philippines hooded oyster	Western Pacific Japan an		1932
Saccostrea mordoides		Western Pacific Japan an		2021
Saccostrea palmula		Western Central Atlantic		1857
Saccostrea scyphophilla	Coral rock oyster	Indo-West Pacific.		1807
Saccostrea spathulata		Indo-West Pacific.		1819
Striostrea circumpicta		Northwest Pacific.		1904
Striostrea denticulata	Denticulate rock oyster	Eastern Central Atlantic		1778
Striostrea margaritacea	Sand oyster	Eastern Atlantic and Indo	18 SHL	1819
Striostrea parasitica		Western Pacific.		1791
Striostrea prismatica	Stone oyster	Eastern Pacific and Atlan		1825
Talonostrea talonata		Western Central Pacific		1994
Teskeyostrea weberi	Threaded oyster	Western Central Atlantic.	3.7 DL	1951
Undulostrea megodon	Megodon oyster	Central Atlantic and Paci		1846

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Ostreidae oysters(See list of species below)

Family: Ostreidae oysters

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