Ostreidae

"Ostreidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A family of marine mollusks in the class BIVALVIA, commonly known as oysters. They have a rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle.

Descriptor ID	D010125
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.644.080.643
Concept/Terms	Ostreidae Ostreidae Oysters Oyster

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ostreidae".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Mollusca [B01.050.500.644]
Bivalvia [B01.050.500.644.080]
Ostreidae [B01.050.500.644.080.643]

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