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Descriptor English: Ostreidae
Descriptor Spanish: Ostreidae
Descriptor Ostreidae
Entry term(s) ostras
Scope note: Moluscos bivalvos marinos de diversos géneros (Ostrea, Crassostrea, Pinctada, Meleagrina) con una concha rugosa e irregular, cerrada por un músculo aductor único. Incluye las ostras como alimento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ostreidae
Descriptor French: Ostreidae
Entry term(s): Oyster
Oysters
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.643
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010125
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM); note entry term OYSTERS: oysters unspecified go here; OYSTERS, TRUE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mollusca (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see OYSTERS 1972-2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 10310
Unique ID: D010125
NLM Classification: QX 675
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Ostreidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0015710
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Ostreidae
Entry term(s) Oyster
Oysters



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