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Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)

836033  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836033)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
(of ) Thunberg, C.P. (1793). Tekning och Beskrifning på en stor Ostronsort ifrån Japan. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 14(4-6): 140-142, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957303 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793). Accessed through: Rius, M.; Ahyong, S.; Costello, M. J.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Katsanevakis, S.; Lejeusne, C.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Poore, G. C. B; Robinson, T. B.; Sterrer, W.; Turon, X.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2021) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: http://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836033 on 2023-03-22
Rius, M.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Costello, M. J.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Panov, V. E.; Poore, G. C. B; Robinson, T. B.; Sterrer, W.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Yeo Chong Jinn, D.; Zhan, A. (2023). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836033 on 2023-03-22
Date
action
by
2015-03-19 20:25:34Z
created
2015-03-22 19:09:38Z
changed
2016-07-08 20:26:57Z
changed
2017-10-24 07:53:27Z
changed

original description  (of ) Thunberg, C.P. (1793). Tekning och Beskrifning på en stor Ostronsort ifrån Japan. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 14(4-6): 140-142, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957303 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455 [details]   

status source Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A Community-based Scientific Response. <em>National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter.</em> (1): 3., available online at https://shellfish.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/Current_Newsletters/qnl_2018_1.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal French part of the English Channel (Marine Region) Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Belgian part of the North Sea: Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Belgian part of the North Sea: Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Belgian part of the North Sea: Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Belgian part of the North Sea: Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal French part of the English Channel (Marine Region) Aquaculture: deliberate [details]
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)Specimen from Chioggia near Venice, Italy (actual size 85 mm)
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Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)Specimen from Etang de Leucate, Mediterranean coast of France (actual size 105 mm)
 Crassostrea gigas (...
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Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
 Crassostrea gigas (...
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Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
 Crassostrea gigas (...
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Japanse oester
 Japanse oester
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Crassostrea gigas
 Crassostrea gigas
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