- Ostrea conchaphila
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Ostrea conchaphila Conservation status NE[1]Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Ostreoida Family: Ostreidae Genus: Ostrea Species: O. conchaphila Binomial name Ostrea conchaphila
(Carpenter, 1857)Ostrea conchaphila, Olympia Oyster, is a species of bivalve in the Ostreidae family.
Distribution and conservation status
It is found in Canada.
It lives in Pacific Ocean in Canada, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has listed it as a species of special concern. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being a species of special concern in Canada.[2]
References
- ^ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 28 September 2008.
- ^ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 27.
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