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Striostrea
Genus of oysters / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Striostrea is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Ostreidae.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Striostrea Vialov, 1936 |
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The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species:[1]
- Striostrea cahobasensis (Pilsbry & A.P.Brown, 1917)
- Striostrea denticulata (Born, 1778)
- Striostrea gigantissima (Finch, 1824)
- Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym: Crassostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819))
- Striostrea paucichomata Bolton, 2013
- Striostrea prismatica (Gray, 1825)