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Pacific Oyster
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Ostreida »  family Flemingostreidae »  genus Crassostrea - oyster

Scientific synonyms

Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793 o
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Lopha posjetica beringi Vialov, 1946
Ostrea cymbaeformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
Ostrea chemnitzii var. elongata Grabau & King, 1928
Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama, 1926
Dioeciostrea hispaniola Orton, 1928
Crassostrea laperousii Schrenk, 1861
Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1862
Lopha posjetica newelskyi Vialov, 1946

Other names

= Japanese oyster
= Miyagi oyster
= Pacific Cupped Oyster

Images

Crassostrea gigas - Pacific Oyster

Author: Lutaenko et al

Crassostrea gigas - Pacific Oyster

Author: Okutani, T.

Crassostrea gigas - Pacific Oyster

Author: Jan Delsing

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Crassostrea gigas (THUNBERG, 1793)]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
IT Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy [as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)]
EN Dan Minchin (2007): Rapid coastal survey for targeted alien species associated with floating pontoons in Ireland, Aquatic invasions, Volume 2, Issue 1: 63-70 [as Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793]
EN Stephan Gollasch and Stefan Nehring (2006): National checklist for aquatic alien species in Germany, Aquatic invasions, Volume 1, Issue 4: 245-269 [as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)]
SP Tarruella Ruestes, A. (2002): Moluscos marinos de Cap Ras y Llançà (Girona, NE de la península Ibérica), Spira, 1(2): 1-14 [as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)]

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Explanations

o original combination

i species introduced to area described by check-list