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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-2504 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2024)
INV-GCEM-2404 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2023)
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)
(view all 11 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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