Ostreida
{{Short description|Order of bivalves}}
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| image_caption = A true oyster, family Ostreidae, the Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas
| taxon = Ostreida
| authority = Fërussac, 1822
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The order Ostreida includes the true oysters. One superfamily (Ostreoidea) and two extant families are recognised within it. The two families are Ostreidae, the true oysters, and Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters.
2010 taxonomy
In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Ostreida.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
References
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External links
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Ostreida}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040128025630/http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/cgi-bin/hierarchy.pl?taxon=Mollusca European checklist of marine species, for Molluscs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120505082011/http://manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/moll101pelecypoda.html Man and Molluscs Bivalve page]
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