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{{Short description|Order of bivalves}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Crassostrea gigas p1040847.jpg
| image_caption = A true oyster, family Ostreidae, the [[Pacific oyster]], ''Magallana gigas''
| taxon = Ostreida
| authority = [[André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac|Fërussac]], 1822
| display_parents = 2
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = 
[[Gryphaeidae]]<br />
[[Ostreidae]]
}}

The [[order (biology)|order]] '''Ostreida''' includes the [[true oysters]]. One [[superfamily (taxonomy)|superfamily]] ([[Ostreoidea]]) and two extant [[family (biology)|families]] are recognised within it. The two families are [[Ostreidae]], the true oysters, and [[Gryphaeidae]], the foam oysters.

==2010 taxonomy==
In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Ostreida.<ref>Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) ''Classification of Bivalve families''. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), ''Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia'' 52(2): 1-184</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Ostreida}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040128025630/http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/cgi-bin/hierarchy.pl?taxon=Mollusca European checklist of marine species, for Molluscs]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120505082011/http://manandmollusc.net/advanced_introduction/moll101pelecypoda.html Man and Molluscs Bivalve page]

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[[Category:Bivalve orders]]