Eastern Oyster

Illustrated: One closed adult eastern oyster, rough thick dirty-white to grey-brown broadly oval irregular shell, cupped lower left valve and flatter upper right valve, concentric layered growth ridges and restrained irregular radial ribs. Smooth overall shell margin, narrow hinge and wider outer end. No loose extra shell or exposed flesh.

Crassostrea virginica

All languages

English

Eastern Oyster

Japanese

アメリカガキ — あめりかがき — amerikagaki

Korean

Crassostrea virginica — Scientific name; Korean name under review

Spanish

Ostión del Altántico

French

huître américaine

German

Amerikanische Auster

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.