DCHP-3

Canadian oyster

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1851
They are a species known as the Canadian oyster (Ostrea canadensis) are very large, and inhabit a shell which is long, narrow, massive, somewhat curved, and often attains a length of eight inches.