Genus Crassostrea [Crossostrea] F. Sacco, 1897

(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-0-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 318
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 28
Bernard, 1983 p 23
Lindner, 1977 p 105
Wagner, 1984 p 58
Syn. Crasostrea C. L. Koch, 1929;
Crassotrea Miyake & Noda, 1962;
Dioeciostrea Orton, 1928;
Euostrea Jaworski, 1913;
Grassostrea Vialov, 1948;
Gryphaea P. Fischer, 1886
[valid ICZN 338]
Ref. Vokes, 1980 p 65
[see also under Subfamily: CRASSOSTREINAE; Tribe: Crassostreini]

aequatorialis A. Orbigny, 1846
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-1-0-0-0)
[=Crassostea columbiensis (S. C. T. Hanley, 1846)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 457

angulata (J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-2-0-0-0)
Portuguese Oyster
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456
Lindner, 1977 pl 57 c

brasiliana authors
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-3-0-0-0)
[=Crassostrea rhizophorae (J. F. Gmelin, 1828)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456

brasiliana J. B. P. A. de Lamarck
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-4-0-0-0)
[=Crassostrea virginica (J. F. Gmelin, 1791)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456

callichroa (S. C. T. Hanley, 1846)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-5-0-0-0)
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) callichroa S. C. T. Hanley, 1846;
Ostrea (Ostrea) cibialis L. H. Hupe in Gay, 1854;
Ostrea (Ostrea) longiscula L. H. Hupe in Gay, 1854
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 23

chilensis R. A. Philippi
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-6-0-0-0)
[=Crassostrea corteziensis (L. G. Hertlein, 1951)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456

columbiensis (S. C. T. Hanley, 1846)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-7-0-0-0)
Columbian Oyster
Syn. Crassostrea aequatorialis A. Orbigny, 1846;
Crassostrea ochracea G. B. Sowerby in L. A. Reeve, 1871
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 457
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) aequatorialis A. Orbigny, 1846;
Ostrea (Ostrea) columbiensis S. C. T. Hanley, 1846;
Ostrea (Ostrea) ochracea G. B. Sowerby in L. A. Reeve, 1871;
Ostrea (Ostrea) rosacea authors, not G. P. Deshayes in J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1836, not J. F. Gmelin, 1791;
Ostrea (Ostrea) tulipa G. B. Sowerby in L. A. Reeve, 1871
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 23

corteziensis (L. G. Hertlein, 1951)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-8-0-0-0)
Syn. Crassostrea chilensis R. A. Philippi
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 457
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) chilensis authors, not R. A. Philippi, 1844;
Ostrea (Ostrea) corteziensis L. G. Hertlein, 1951
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 23

floridensis G. B. Sowerby
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-9-0-0-0)
[=Crassostrea virginica (J. F. Gmelin, 1791)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456

gigas (C. P. Thunberg, 1793)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-10-0-0-0)
Giant Pacific Oyster, Pacific Oyster
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 318 c
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 28
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) gigas G. P. Thunberg, 1793, not F. C. Meuschen, 1781;
Ostrea (Ostrea) laperousii L. v. Schrenck, 1861;
Ostrea (Ostrea) posjetica Raugh, 1934;
Ostrea (Ostrea) talienwhanensis H. Crosse, 1862
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 23

glomerata (A. A. Gould, 1850)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-11-0-0-0)
Auckland Rock Oyster
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 318 c

ochracea G. B. Sowerby in L. A. Reeve, 1871
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-12-0-0-0)
[=Crassostrea columbiensis (S. C. T. Hanley, 1846)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 457

palmula (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-13-0-0-0)
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) amara P. P. Carpenter, 1864;
Ostrea (Ostrea) conchaphila palmula P. P. Carpenter, 1857;
Ostrea (Ostrea) panamensis P. P. Carpenter, 1864
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 23

rhizophorae (L. Guilding, 1828)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-14-0-0-0)
Caribbean Edible Oyster
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 318 c
Syn. Crassostrea brasiliana of authors
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456

rivularis (A. A. Gould, 1861)
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-15-0-0-0)
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) rivularis A. A. Gould, 1861
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 23

virginica (J. F. Gmelin, 1791) [T]
(3-7-6-1-1-1-6-7-0-16-0-0-0)
Eastern American Oyster, Eastern Oyster
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 318 c
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 28
Syn. Crassostrea brasiliana J. B. P. A. de Lamarck;
Crassostrea floridensis G. B. Sowerby
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 456 d
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) virginica J. F. Gmelin, 1791, not Ostrea virginica californica J. Marcou, 1858
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 23
Syn. Ostrea (Ostrea) brasiliana J. B. P. A. de Lamarck;
Ostrea (Ostrea) floridensis G. B. Sowerby;
Ostrea (Ostrea) virginica J. F. Gmelin, 1791
Ref. Wagner, 1984 p 58 bw