Taxonomic Details for Crassostrea virginica
Systematic Resumé: |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
Superphylum | Lophozoa |
Phylum | Mollusca |
Class | Bivalvia |
Subclass | Pteriomorphia |
Order | Ostreoida |
Family | Ostreidae |
Genus | Crassostrea |
Species | Crassostrea virginica |
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Common Name: |
eastern oyster |
Authority: |
(Gmelin, 1791) |
ITIS TSN: |
79872 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
Habitats: |
Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Marine |
GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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GCE Data Sets: |
INV-GCEM-2304 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2022)
INV-GCEM-2204 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2021)
INV-GCES-2105 (Long-term Barnacle Settlement Near Creekbank Plots from the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Fall Marsh Monitoring Program)
INV-GCEM-2104 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2020)
ANT-GCED-2005 (Oyster Paleobiology along the South Atlantic Coast of the United States)
(view all 9 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |

Oyster clump, Sapelo Island, 2016. Photo Steven Pennings

Oyster reef, Sapelo Island, 2016. Photo Steven Pennings
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