Species of bivalve
Dredge oyster
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Museum specimen of the shell of Ostrea chilensis
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Bivalvia
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Order:
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Ostreida
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Family:
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Ostreidae
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Genus:
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Ostrea
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Species:
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O. chilensis
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Binomial name
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Ostrea chilensis
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Synonyms[1]
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- Crassostrea chilensis (Küster, 1844)
- Crassostrea discoidea (Gould, 1850)
- Crassostrea nelsoniana (Zittel, 1865)
- Ostraea angasi var. digitata Lamy, 1929
- Ostraea chiloensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
- Ostrea callichroa Hanley, 1846
- Ostrea charlottae Finlay, 1928
- Ostrea cibialis Hupé in Gay, 1854
- Ostrea corrugata Hutton, 1873
- Ostrea discoidea Gould, 1850
- Ostrea fococarens Finlay, 1928
- Ostrea hefferdi Finlay, 1928
- Ostrea huttoni Lamy, 1929
- Ostrea longiuscula Hupé in Gay, 1854
- Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873
- Ostrea nelsoniana Zittel, 1865
- Ostrea vinolenta Hupé in Gay, 1854
- Tiostrea chilensis (Küster, 1844)
- Tiostrea lutaria (Hutton, 1873)
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The dredge oyster,[2] Bluff oyster[3] or Chilean oyster[4] (Ostrea chilensis),[5] is also known in Chile as ostra verde,[6] is a species of flat oyster. It is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Ostreidae.