611. Testa.—Oyster Shell.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin.
Engl.: Eastern oyster, American cupped oyster, Atlantic oyster, Virginia oyster.
Deu.: Amerikanische Auster.
Fran.: huître américaine, huître creuse américaine.
Bot. syn.: Crassostrea brasiliana Lam., Crassostrea floridensis Sowerby, Ostrea virginiana Lister.
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