Ostreoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of bivalve marine mollusc, sometimes simply identified as oysters,[1] containing two families. The ostreoids are characterized in part by the presence of a well developed axial rod.[2] Anal flaps are known to exist within the family Ostreidae but not within the more-primitive Gryphaeidae.[3] The scar from the adductor muscle is simple, with a single, central scar.[4] In the majority, the right valve is less convex than the left.[5]
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Ostreoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of bivalve marine mollusc, sometimes simply identified as oysters, containing two families. The ostreoids are characterized...
irregular in shape. Many, but not all oysters, are in the superfamily Ostreoidea. Some species of oyster are commonly consumed and are regarded as a delicacy...
The order Ostreida includes the true oysters. One superfamily (Ostreoidea) and two extant families are recognised within it. The two families are Ostreidae...
but a few members of the Arcoidea, Limopsoidea, Mytiloidea, Anomioidea, Ostreoidea, and Limoidea have simple eyes on the margin of the mantle. These consist...
molluscs in the order Ostreoida. It contains the superfamilies Dimyoidea, Ostreoidea and Plicatuloidea. Wikispecies has information related to Ostreina. Johnston...
Limopsidae Family: Philobryidae (True oysters and their allies) Superfamily: Ostreoidea Family: Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters Family: Ostreidae...
Superfamily Mytiloidea Family †Mysideiellidae Family Mytilidae Superfamily Ostreoidea Family †Arctostreidae Family †Chondrodontidae Family Gryphaeidae Family...
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