The "true oysters" are members of the family Ostreidae. This family includes the edible oysters, which mainly belong to the genera Ostrea, Crassostrea, Ostreola or Saccostrea. Examples are the Edible Oyster, Ostrea edulis, Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, Olympia Oyster Ostreola conchaphila, Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas, Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata, and the Wellfleet oyster (a variety of C. virginica).
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) records the species name as Crassostrea gigas kumamoto a subspecies of C. gigas. However there are some who believe it should be listed as a separate species, since it is very different from the other C. gigas in physiology and morphology with the species name Crassostrea sikamea.
There are several oysters native to the coastal waters of the United States. A typical and much farmed example would be Eastern Oyster of the Chesapeake Bay area, scientific name Crassostrea virginica.
"Shellfish" is a very broad term that includes aquatic invertebrates that have an exoskeleton (a hard outer shell).
Some examples of the scientific names of shellfish:
American lobster - Homarus americanus
Giant tiger prawn - Penaeus monodon
Hard clam - Mercenaria mercenaria
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Crassostrea gigas
Pleurotus ostreatus
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There is no specific scientific name for shellfish because shellfish is a non-scientific way of describing a large number of invertibrate food items such as lobster, scallops, muscles and shrimp. Mostly 'shellfish' are either molluscs or crustaceans.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Gammarus spp.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Mytilus edulis.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Penaeus spp.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Dreissena polymorpha.
There is no specific scientific name for shellfish because shellfish is a non-scientific way of describing a large number of invertibrate food items such as lobster, scallops, muscles and shrimp. Mostly 'shellfish' are either molluscs or crustaceans.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Mercenaria mercenaria.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Crassostrea virginica.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Crassostrea virginica.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Homarus americanus.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Crassostrea gigas.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Dreissena bugensis.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Potamon potamios.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Dreissena polymorpha.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Gammarus spp.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Mytilus edulis.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Penaeus spp.