Crassostrea virginica American cupped oyster

Crassostrea virginica is commonly referred to as American cupped oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6365 

AphiaID:

140657 

Scientific:

Crassostrea virginica 

German:

Amerikanische Auster 

English:

American Cupped Oyster 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Ostreidae (Family) > Crassostrea (Genus) > virginica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Belize, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), South America, the British Isles, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Tonga, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

3.15" - 11.81" (8cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Crassostrea aequatorialis
• Crassostrea angulata
• Crassostrea ariakensis
• Crassostrea belcheri
• Crassostrea bilineata
• Crassostrea brasiliana
• Crassostrea columbiensis
• Crassostrea corteziensis
• Crassostrea cuttackensis
• Crassostrea dactylena
• Crassostrea dianbaiensis
• Crassostrea hongkongensis
• Crassostrea mangle
• Crassostrea nippona
• Crassostrea praia
• Crassostrea rhizophorae
• Crassostrea rivularis
• Crassostrea sikamea
• Crassostrea tulipa
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  Crassostrea virginica
  Amerikanische Auster
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-06 21:12:12 

Last edit:

2013-11-06 21:12:12 

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