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Eyster
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Eyster is whit monie unalike groups o bivalve mollusks are cried, maist o which bide in ocean airt or sautie watter. The huil is makkit o twa unco calcified valves what surroond a swack corp. Gills syle plankton fae the watter, an strang adductor muscles are uised tae claucht the huil closed.
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Quick Facts Oysters, Scienteefic clessification ...
Oysters | |
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Paceefic eyster frae the Marennes-Oléron basin in Fraunce | |
Scienteefic clessification![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Cless: | Bivalvia |
Subcless: | Pteriomorphia |
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Cladeestically includit but tradeetionally excludit taxa | |
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Some kynds o eysters are unco prized as fuid, baith raw an ceukit. Ither kynds, sic as pairl eysters, are no eten for ordinar.
Real eysters, belongin tae the faimlie Ostreidae, are downa o makkin gem-quality pairls, altho the opposite thocht is a commonly-encounterit misapprehension, aften keekit in picturs or photographs whar an etible eyster huil is paired wi a gem-quality pairl.
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