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The Cultivation of American Oysters

Wendell J. Lorio and Sandra Malone


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Oyster culture is the oldest form of bivalve culture and oysters were probably the first cultured shellfish. The United States leads all countries in the quantity of oysters produced, and the American oyster, (Eastern oyster), (Crassostrea virginicus) represents 80 percent of the total production. American oysters belong to the Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia (Pelecypoda), Order Mytoloida (Pleriodea) and the Family Ostereidae. The geographic range is eastern North America from Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico. These oysters live in estuaries and behind barrier islands. Oysters are found on a reef or water bottom where there is a mixture of fresh and saline water.
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