Family Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815 (oyster)
PaleoDB taxon number: 61529
Parent taxon: Ostreoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ambigostrea, Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Crassostreinae, Denostrea, Kulunostrea, Laevostrea, Margostrea, Nicaisolopha, Notostrea, Oscillopha, Ostrea, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Pulvinostrea, Quadrostrea, Saccostreinae, Striostreinae, Umbrostrea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder