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Magallana
Magallana is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Species in this genus have been moved from Crassostrea after it was found to be paraphyletic.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pacific Oyster
speciesMagallana gigas
Portuguese Oyster
speciesMagallana angulata
Black-Scar Oyster
speciesMagallana bilineata
Suminoe Oyster
speciesMagallana ariakensis
Belcher's Cupped Oyster
speciesMagallana belcheri
Magallana nippona
speciesMagallana nippona
Portuguese × Pacific Oyster
hybridMagallana angulata × gigas
Magallana ingens
speciesMagallana ingens
Hong Kong Cultured Oyster
speciesMagallana hongkongensis
Kumamoto Oyster
speciesMagallana sikamea
Magallana dactylena
speciesMagallana dactylena
Magallana dianbaiensis
speciesMagallana dianbaiensis
Magallana markushuberi
speciesMagallana markushuberi
Magallana valentichscotti
speciesMagallana valentichscotti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 605990.