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Ostrea edulis (European flat oyster; edible oyster; Common oyster; Auster; Eurpäische Auster; Huître de Belon; Huître plate; Huître plate européenne; Oester; Østers; Ostra común; Ostra europea; Ostra plana; Ostra plana europeia; Ostra redonda; Ostrica; Ostrica europea piatta; Ostrica piatta)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ostrea edulis is a species of oyster native to Europe and commonly known as the European flat oyster, Colchester native oyster (hence Colchester natives), mud oyster, or edible oyster (despite this latter name it is not the only oyster that is edible by humans). The fossil record of this species dates back to the Miocene (age range: 15.97 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Egypt, Greece, Spain, the United Kingdom, Austria, France and Germany.
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Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Ostrea edulis

Protected Areas

Predators

Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Blackhead Seabream)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cercaria mytili[2]
Prosorhynchoides haimeana[2]
Urastoma cyprinae[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0