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Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Salvi, D., & Mariottini, P. (2017). 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). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(2): 263–276. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Ostreida
family
Ostreidae
genus
Magallana
species
Magallana gigas

Name

Synonyms
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Crassostrea laperousii (Schrenck, 1862)
Crassostrea posjetica (Razin, 1934)
Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse, 1862)
Dioeciostrea hispaniola Orton, 1928
Lopha posjetica (Razin, 1934)
Lopha posjetica beringi Vialov, 1946
Lopha posjetica newelskyi Vialov, 1946
Lopha posjetica zawoikoi Vialov, 1946
Ostraea cymbaeformis G.B.Sowerby II, 1871
Ostraea rostralis Lamarck, 1819
Ostrea chemnitzii var. elongata Grabau & S.G.King, 1928
Ostrea cymbaeformis G.B.Sowerby II, 1871
Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793
Ostrea gigas var. tientsiensis Grabau & S.G.King, 1928
Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama, 1926
Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1862
Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934
Ostrea rostralis G.B.Sowerby II, 1871
Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862
Homonyms
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Common names
Didžioji austrė in Lithuanian
Huître creuse in French
Huître creuse, Huître japonaise, Huître du Pacifique, Huître portugaise in French
Huître japonaise in French
Japanese Oyster in English
Japanse oester in Dutch
Japansk østers in Danish
Japansk østers in Danish
Miyagi Oyster in English
Ostra del Pacífico in language.
Ostra del Pacífico in Spanish
Ostra japonesa in Spanish
Ostra-do-pacífico in Portuguese
Ostra-gigante in Portuguese
Ostra-japonesa in Portuguese
Ostrica Concava del Pacifico in Italian
Ostrica Giapponese in Italian
Pacific Oyster in English
Pacific Oyster in English
Pacific cupped oyster in English
Pacific cupped oyster in English
Pacific giant oyster in English
Pacific giant oyster in English
Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, Miyagi oyster, Portuguese oyster, Pacific cupped oyster, Immigrant oyster, Giant pacific oyster, Giant oyster, Giant cupped oyster in English
Pazifische Auster in German
Pazifische Felsenauster in German
Portugese oester in Dutch
Stillehavsøsters in Danish
Stillehavsøsters in Danish
huître creuse du Pacifique in French
huître creuse du Pacifique in French
japanskt jätteostron in Swedish
japonska ostriga in Slovenian
ostión japonés in Spanish
ostión japonés in Spanish
ostra rizada in Spanish
ostrica concava in Italian
ostryżyca japońska in Polish
stillahavsostron in Swedish
ustrica gigantická in Slovak
ústřice velká in Czech
Гигантская устрица in Russian
Тихоокеанская устрица in Russian
マガキ in Japanese
太平洋牡蠣 in Chinese
굴 in Korean
Japanse oester in Dutch
stillahavsostron in Swedish
stillahavsostron in Swedish
Pacific Oyster in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A Community-based Scientific Response. <em>National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter.</em> (1): 3.
  2. Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A Community-based Scientific Response. <em>National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter.</em> (1): 3.
  3. Bayne B. L., M. Ahrens, S. K. Allen, M. Anglès D'auriac, T. Backeljau, P. Beninger, R. Bohn, P. Boudry, J. Davis, T. Green, X. Guo, D. Hedgecock, A. Ibarra, P. Kingsley-Smith, M. Krause, C. Langdon, S. Lapègue, C. Li, D. Manahan, R. Mann, L. Perez-Pa (2017) The Proposed Dropping of the Genus Crassostrea for All Pacific Cupped Oysters and Its Replacement by a New Genus Magallana: A Dissenting View. Journal of Shellfish Research 36(3):545-547. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0301
  4. Bayne L. Perez-Pa, Ahrens, Allen, Anglès D'Auriac, Backeljau, Beninger, Bohn, Boudry, Davis, Green, Guo, Hedgecock, Ibarra, Kingsley-Smith, Krause, Langdon, Lapègue, Li, Manahan, Mann, Perez-Paralle, Powell, Rawson, Speiser, Sanchez, Shumway & Wang (2017) The Proposed Dropping of the Genus Crassostrea for All Pacific Cupped Oysters and Its Replacement by a New Genus Magallana: A Dissenting View
  5. Bayne L. Perez-Pa, Ahrens, Allen, Anglès D'Auriac, Backeljau, Beninger, Bohn, Boudry, Davis, Green, Guo, Hedgecock, Ibarra, Kingsley-Smith, Krause, Langdon, Lapègue, Li, Manahan, Mann, Perez-Paralle, Powell, Rawson, Speiser, Sanchez, Shumway & Wang (2017) The Proposed Dropping of the Genus Crassostrea for All Pacific Cupped Oysters and Its Replacement by a New Genus Magallana: A Dissenting View
  6. PNUD 2014, Araya 2015
  7. Salvi & Mariottini (2017) 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)
  8. Salvi & Mariottini (2017) 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)
  9. Salvi D & P Mariottini (2016) 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). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(2): 263–276, 1 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455 Published: 04 July 2016.
  10. Salvi D. & Mariottini P. (2017 [nomenclatural availability: 2016]). Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus <i>Magallana</i> (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(2): 263-276.
  11. Salvi D. & Mariottini P. (2017 [nomenclatural availability: 2016]). Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus <i>Magallana</i> (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(2): 263-276.
  12. Salvi, Daniele, and Paolo Mariottini, 2016: 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). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 179, no. 2. 263-276.
  13. WoRMS Editorial Board (2020) World Register of Marine Species
  14. WoRMS Editorial Board (2020) World Register of Marine Species
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