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Ostreidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Oyster
  • Oysters

Note

  • as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM); note entry term OYSTERS: oysters unspecified go here; OYSTERS, TRUE is also available

Scope note

  • A family of marine mollusks in the class BIVALVIA, commonly known as oysters. They have a rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010125

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