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Magallana gigas  (Thunberg, 1793)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1267873

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
  
    Crassostrea gigas gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
  
    Crassostrea gigas laperousii (Schrenck, 1862)
  
    Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793
  
    Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1862
  
    Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934
  
    Crassostrea posjetica (Razin, 1934)
  
    Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862
  
    Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse, 1862)
  
    Ostraea cymbaeformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
  
    Dioeciostrea hispaniola Orton, 1928
  
    Lopha posjetica zawoikoi Vialov, 1946
  
    Lopha posjetica beringi Vialov, 1946
  
    Lopha posjetica newelskyi Vialov, 1946
  
  Common Name(s): Pacific Oyster [English]
  
    Pacific cupped oyster [English]
  
    Pacific giant oyster [English]
  
    huître creuse du Pacifique [French]
  
    ostión japonés [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassPteriomorphia   
                         OrderOstreida   
                            SuperfamilyOstreoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyOstreidae Rafinesque, 1815 – flat oysters, cupped oysters, huîtres plates, huîtres creuses, ostras, ostiones  
                                  SubfamilyCrassostreinae Scarlato and Starobogatov, 1979  
                                     GenusMagallana Salvi and Mariottini, 2016  
                                        SpeciesMagallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) – Pacific Oyster, Pacific cupped oyster, Pacific giant oyster, huître creuse du Pacifique, ostión japonés  
       

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  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 20-Dec-2024, database (version 20-Dec-24)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Magallana gigas, Pacific cupped oyster [English], huître creuse du Pacifique [French], ostión japonés [Spanish]   
       
  Source: MolluscaBase (October, 2024), database (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org on 2024-10-01. doi:10.14284/448   
  Reference for: Magallana gigas   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Salvi, Daniele, and Paolo Mariottini   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus Magallana (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 179, no. 2   
  Page(s): 263-276   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-4082   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/zoj.12455   
  Reference for: Magallana gigas   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Introduced  
    Canada, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
    Mexico, Introduced  
 

 

    

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