Ostreida
Order of bivalves
title: "Ostreida" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ostreida", "bivalve-orders"] description: "Order of bivalves" topic_path: "general/ostreida" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostreida" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Order of bivalves ::
| image = Crassostrea gigas p1040847.jpg | image_caption = A true oyster, family Ostreidae, the Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas | taxon = Ostreida | authority = Fërussac, 1822 | display_parents = 2 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = Gryphaeidae
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.
References
References
- 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
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