#family_Ostreidae__Ostreidae  oysters
  supertype:  mollusk_family__molluskfamily  a family of mollusks
  member of:  class_Bivalvia
  member:  oyster  marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
  member:  genus_Ostrea__Ostrea  type genus of the family Ostreidae
     member:  bluepoint__blue_point  small edible oyster typically from the south shore of Long Island
     member:  Japanese_oyster__Ostrea_gigas  large native of Japan introduced along United States Pacific coast; candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay
  member:  genus_Crassostrea__Crassostrea  Virginia oysters
     member:  Virginia_oyster  common edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America

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