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Magallana nippona
The Iwagaki oyster (Magallana nippona), is an oyster native to Japan. It was first described in 1934.
From the article Iwagaki oyster on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The genus Magallana is named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and its specific epithet nippona is for "Japanese". It was previously placed in the genus Crassostrea; from the Latin crass meaning "thick", ostrea meaning "oyster", and Crassostrea nippona is considered by part of the scientific community to be the proper denomination as an accepted alternative in WoRMS,
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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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 606016.