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Olympia oyster

Ostrea lurida

Classification

Family
Ostreidae

Ostrea lurida, common name the Olympia oyster, after Olympia, Washington in the Puget Sound area, is a species of small, edible oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Ostreidae. This species occurs on the northern Pacific coast of North America. Over the years the role of this edible species of oyster has been partly displaced by the cultivation of non-native edible oyster species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 347Canada · 42Mexico · 2