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Pretostrea affinis

Status not recordedmolluscs

Pretostrea affinis is a species in the family Ostreidae, order Ostreida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Taiwan.

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Quick facts about Pretostrea affinis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Pretostrea affinis live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Pretostrea affinis is listed for 1 country.

Taiwan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pretostrea affinis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pretostrea affinis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderOstreida
  5. familyOstreidae
  6. genusDendostrea
  7. SpeciesPretostrea affinis (Sowerby, 1871)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pretostrea affinis

Other species in the same genus Dendostrea.

Leaf oyster

Dendostrea folium

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pretostrea affinis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pretostrea affinis for 1 country: Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pretostrea affinis?

Pretostrea affinis (Pretostrea affinis) belongs to the family Ostreidae in the order Ostreida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pretostrea affinis (Pretostrea affinis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pretostrea-affinis

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{pretostrea_affinis_2026,
  title = {Pretostrea affinis (Pretostrea affinis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pretostrea-affinis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}