NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Ostreidae
  Order - Ostreoida
  Subclass - Pteriomorphia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Crassostrea gigas
      Species - Crassostrea virginica
      Species - Crassostrea angulata
      Species - Crassostrea chilensis
      Species - Crassostrea columbiensis
      Species - Crassostrea corteziensis
      Species - Crassostrea rhizophorae
      Species - Crassostrea ariakensis