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Parent Taxon

• Ostreidae

Sibling Taxa

• Alectryonella
• Booneostrea
• Dendostrea
• Lopha
• Nanostrea
• Ostrea
• Planostrea
• Pustulostrea
• Teskeyostrea

Child Taxa

• Ostrea angasi
• Ostrea angelica
• Ostrea atherstonei
• Ostrea chilensis
• Ostrea circumpicta
• Ostrea compressirostra
• Ostrea conchaphila
• Ostrea denselamellosa
• Ostrea edulis
• Ostrea equestris
• Ostrea futamiensis
• Ostrea libella
• Ostrea lurida
• Ostrea neostentina
• Ostrea puelchana
• Ostrea stentina

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