Crassostrea virginica

Summary

Crassostrea virginica is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (397 views/month, #1,519 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Crassostrea virginica's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Crassostrea virginica is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Crassostrea virginica is classified within Crassostrea^[5].
• Crassostrea virginica's scientific name is Crassostrea virginica^[6].
• Crassostrea virginica's Commons category is recorded as Crassostrea virginica^[7].
• Crassostrea virginica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. virginica'}^[8].
• Crassostrea virginica is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Amerikaanse oester'}^[9].
• Crassostrea virginica is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'ostra americana'}^[10].
• Crassostrea virginica's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[11].

Body

Classification

Crassostrea virginica's scientific name is Crassostrea virginica^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Crassostrea^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Amerikaanse oester'}^[9] and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'ostra americana'}^[10].

Identifiers

Crassostrea virginica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47585^[12]. Crassostrea virginica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6565^[13]. Crassostrea virginica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2286079^[14]. Crassostrea virginica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79872^[15].

Why It Matters

Crassostrea virginica ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (397 views/month, #1,519 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]