Family Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815 (oyster)
Parent taxon: Ostreoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Arctostreidae, Chondrotidae, Eligmidae, Flemingostreidae, Gryphaeidae, Lithiotidae
Subtaxa: Alectryonia, Ambigostrea, Anulostrea, Booneostrea, Crassostrea, Curvostrea, Denostrea, Lophinae, Margostrea, Myrakeena, Nicaisolopha, Notostrea, Oscillopha, Ostrea, Ostreinae, Peilinia, Planostrea, Protostrea, Pulvinostrea, Pustulostrea, Quadrostrea, Umbrostrea, Undulostrea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder