Genus
Crassostrea
3 species
The list of species of Crassostrea genus
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The list of species of Crassostrea genus
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The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica )—also called the Atlantic oyster, American oyster, or East Coast oyster—is a species of true oyster native to eastern North and South America. Other names in local or culinary use include the Wellfleet...
The Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata, is a species of oyster found in the southwest Iberian Peninsula, closely related to the Pacific oyster. Although first identified as a native European species, genetic studies have suggested the...
Crassostrea tulipa, the West African mangrove oyster, is a true oyster in the family Ostreidae.
