name: Eastern Oyster

flavor_db_name_variants: eastern oyster

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Eastern oyster

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name_scientific: Crassostrea virginica

description: The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) — also called Atlantic oyster or Virginia oyster — is a species of true oyster native to the eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of North America. It is also farmed in Puget Sound, Washington, where it is known as the Totten Inlet Virginica. Eastern oysters are and have been very popular commercially. Today, less than 1% of the original 17th century population (when the original colonists arrived) is thought to remain in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, although population estimates from any era are uncertain. The eastern oyster is the state shellfish of Connecticut, its shell is the state shell of Virginia and Mississippi, and its shell in cabochon form is the state gem of Louisiana.

itis_id: 79872

wikipedia_id: Eastern oyster

picture_file_name: 361.jpg

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picture_file_size: 105681

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:43:18.000Z

legacy_id: 388

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Mollusks

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:37.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:23.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 6565

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public_id: FOOD00356