Ostrea

Ostrea; Temporal range:
	A lower valve (the attachment valve) of a shell of Ostrea edulis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreida
Superfamily:	Ostreoidea
Family:	Ostreidae
Subfamily:	Ostreinae
Genus:	Ostrea; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type species
	Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758;
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Anodontostrea Suter, 1917; † Conradostrea Ward & Blackwelder, 1987; Cryptostrea Harry, 1985; Eostrea Ihering, 1907; Lopha (Ostreola) Monterosato, 1884; Monoeciostrea Orton, 1928 (genus name unavailable); Myrakeena Harry, 1985; † Ostracites Picot de Lapeirouse, 1781; Ostraea [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling by G.B. Sowerby II (1871) and others); Ostrea (Anodontostrea) Suter, 1917; † Ostrea (Bellostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation; † Ostrea (Turkostrea) Vialov, 1936 · accepted, alternate representation; Ostreola Monterosato, 1884; Ostreum da Costa, 1776 (Unjustified emendation); Tiostrea Chanley & Dinamani, 1980; Undulostrea Harry, 1985;

Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.