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Ostrea edulis is a species of oyster native to Europe and commonly known as the European flat oyster, Colchester native oyster, mud oyster, or edible oyster (despite this latter name it is not the only oyster that is edible by humans). When mature O. edulis adults range from 3.8 to 11 centimetres (1.5 to 4.3 in) across. The species naturally ranges along the western and southern coasts of Europe from Norway to Morocco and including most of the British...

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