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: Huître creuse, Huître japonaise, Huître du Pacifique, Huître portugaise in French; Japansk østers in Danish; Ostra del Pacífico in language.; Pacific oyster in language.; Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, Miyagi oyster, Portuguese oyster, Pacific cupped oyster, Immigrant oyster, Giant pacific oyster, Giant oyster, Giant cupped oyster in English; Stillehavsøsters in Danish; Japanse oester in Dutch; stillahavsostron in Swedish; Pacific Oyster in English; Pacific oyster in English; Portugese oester in Dutch; japanskt jätteostron in Swedish

Bibliographic References

Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A Community-based Scientific Response. National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter. (1): 3.
Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A Community-based Scientific Response. National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter. (1): 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
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 (2018-03-11 23:00:00) The Proposed Dropping of the Genus Crassostrea for All Pacific Cupped Oysters and Its Replacement by a New Genus Magallana: A Dissenting View
PNUD 2014, Araya 2015
Salvi & Mariottini (2018-03-11 23:00:00) 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)
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.
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 Magallana (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(2): 263-276.
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 Magallana (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(2): 263-276.
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