WoRMS taxon details

Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)

Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)Specimen from Chioggia near Venice, Italy (actual size 85 mm)
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Specimen from Chioggia near Venice, Italy (actual size 85 mm)

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Ostreida (Order)
  8. Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Ostreidae (Family)
  10. Crassostreinae (Subfamily)
  11. Magallana (Genus)
  12. Magallana gigas (Species)
accepted
Species
Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas (Thunberg, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassostrea laperousii (Schrenck, 1862) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassostrea posjetica (Razin, 1934) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse, 1862) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dioeciostrea hispaniola Orton, 1928 · unaccepted (unavailable: journal disclaimer)
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica (Razin, 1934) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica var. beringi Vialov, 1946 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica var. newelskyi Vialov, 1946 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica var. zawoikoi Vialov, 1946 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostraea cymbaeformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ostrea chemnitzii var. elongata Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama, 1926 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1861 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793) Thunberg, C.P. (1793). Tekning och Beskrifning på en stor Ostronsort ifrån Japan. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar. 14(4-6): 140-142, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957303 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836033 on 2025-03-31
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Marshall, Bruce
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Marshall, Bruce
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Nomenclature

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

original description (of Dioeciostrea hispaniola Orton, 1928) Orton J.H. (1928). The dominant species of Ostrea. Nature. 121 (3044): 320-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/121320b0
note: names in this paper are unavailable because there is a disclaimer p. 121 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Ostraea cymbaeformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus Ostraea. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078 [details] 

original description (of Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1861) Schrenck, L. von. (1861). Vorläufige Diagnosen einiger neuer Molluskenarten aus der Meerenge der Tartarei und dem nord-japanischen Meere. Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. 4: 408-413., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33838004
page(s): 411 [details] 

original description (of Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934) Razin A.I. (1934). Morskie promyslovye Molliuski luzhnogo Primor'ia [in Russian; Commercial marine molluscs of the southern maritime province]. Tizhookeanskii Nauchnyi Institut Rybnogo Zhostaistva, Isvestiia. 8: 110 pp, 1 foldout map. [details] 

original description (of Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica var. beringi Vialov, 1946) Vialov O.S. (1946). [On some oysters from the Gulf of Peter the Great]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 50: 521-524.
page(s): 523 [details] 

original description (of Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica var. newelskyi Vialov, 1946) Vialov O.S. (1946). [On some oysters from the Gulf of Peter the Great]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 50: 521-524.
page(s): 147 [details] 

original description (of Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica var. zawoikoi Vialov, 1946) Vialov O.S. (1946). [On some oysters from the Gulf of Peter the Great]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 50: 521-524.
page(s): 523 [details] 

original description (of Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862) Crosse, H. (1862). Description d'une espèce nouvelle du nord de la Chine. Journal de Conchyliologie. 10: 149-150, pl. 6 fig. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15134864
page(s): 149 [details] 

original description (of Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama, 1926 †) Yokoyama, M. (1926). Fossil Mollusca from the oil-fields of Akita. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Section II, Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology. 1(9): 377–389, pls. 44–45., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0487_.pdf
page(s): 388 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Ostrea gigas var. tientsiensis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928) Grabau, A. W.; King, S. G. (1928). Shells of Peitaiho. Second edition. Revised and enlarged with 14 text-figures and numerous photographs of shells. Peking Laboratory of Natural History. 281 pp., 14 text-figs, 11 pls. [details] 

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 Magallana (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(2): 263-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455 [details] 

Taxonomy

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

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
Bounding boxes
Centroid points
Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

  • Type locality
  • type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
  • From editor or global species database
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Aegean Sea
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Bay of Biscay
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Celtic Sea
  • Chile
  • Ecuador
  • English Channel
  • Gulf of California
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Kattegat
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
  • Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
  • Namibia
  • New Zealand
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • North Sea
  • Sea of Marmara
  • Skagerrak
  • South China Sea
  • Spain
  • Syria
  • Tasman Sea
  • Tunisia
  • United States
  • Yellow Sea
  • (no group)
  • From regional or thematic species database
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Belgium
  • Black Sea
  • Celtic Sea
  • Eastern China Sea
  • English Channel
  • Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
  • Ionian Sea
  • Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
  • Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
  • Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • North Sea
  • Norway
  • Sea of Marmara
  • Skagerrak
  • South Africa
  • South Atlantic Ocean
  • South China Sea
  • Tasman Sea
  • The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • Yellow Sea
  • Unreviewed
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Baltic Sea
  • Belgium
  • Black Sea
  • Canada
  • Greece
  • Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
  • Netherlands
  • North Sea
  • United Kingdom
  • Wadden Sea
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal French part of the English Channel (Marine Region) Aquaculture: deliberate [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]
    Definitions

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    LanguageName 
    Catalan ostra japonesa [from synonym]  [details]
    Dutch Japanse oester [from synonym]  [details]
    English Portuguese oyster [from synonym]Pacific oyster [from synonym]Pacific giant oyster [from synonym]Pacific cupped oyster [from synonym]Japanese oyster [from synonym]immigrant oyster [from synonym]giant pacific oyster [from synonym]giant oyster [from synonym]giant cupped oyster [from synonym]  [details]
    French huître portugaise [from synonym]huître japonaise [from synonym]huître du Pacifique [from synonym]huître creuse japonaise [from synonym]huître creuse du Pacifique [from synonym]huître creuse [from synonym]  [details]
    German Riesenauster [from synonym]Portugiesische Auster [from synonym]Pazifische Felsenauster [from synonym]Pazifische Auster [from synonym]Japanische Auster [from synonym]Felsenauster [from synonym]  [details]
    Italian ostrica giapponese [from synonym]ostrica del Pacifico [from synonym]ostrica concava [from synonym]  [details]
    Japanese マガキ  [details]
    Modern Greek (1453-) Στρείδι Πορτογαλίας [from synonym]  [details]
    Portuguese ostra-gigante [from synonym]  [details]
    Russian Устрица тихоокеанская (гиганская) [from synonym]  [details]
    Spanish ostra japonesa [from synonym]ostión del Pacífico [from synonym]ostión [from synonym]  [details]
    Swedish Japanskt jätteostron [from synonym]  [details]
    European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Crassostrea gigas (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    Global invasive species database - Crassostrea gigas (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To Barcode of Life (394 barcodes) 
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse, 1862))
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama, 1926 †)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1861)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793)
    To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793)
    To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To Dyntaxa (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magallana gigas) 
    To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To GenBank (296363 nucleotides; 65854 proteins) (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To GenBank (296363 nucleotides; 65854 proteins) 
    To GenBank (296363 nucleotides; 65854 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793)
    To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) ) 
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Gambia, North Bank, Mondin, at low tide, in mangro... 
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westensc... 
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Seto Naikai (Inland Sea of Seto), by fishing, coll... 
    To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To NHMUK collection (Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9257578) (from synonym Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862)
    To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch) (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To PESI (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    To PESI (from synonym Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse, 1862))
    To PESI (from synonym Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793)
    To PESI (from synonym Crassostrea laperousii (Schrenck, 1862))
    To PESI (from synonym Crassostrea posjetica (Razin, 1934))
    To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
    From editor or global species database
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)Specimen from Chioggia near Venice, Italy (actual size 85 mm)
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    Specimen from Chioggia near Venice, Italy (actual size 85 mm)
    Image from synonym
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)Specimen from Etang de Leucate, Mediterranean coast of France (actual size 105 mm)
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    Specimen from Etang de Leucate, Mediterranean coast of France (actual size 105 mm)
    Image from synonym
    To NHMUK collection (Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9257578)
    To NHMUK collection (Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9257578)
    Hosted externally, from synonym
    Unreviewed
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    Image from synonym
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    Image from synonym
    Japanse oester
    Japanse oester
    Image from synonym
    Crassostrea gigas
    Crassostrea gigas
    Image from synonym
    Magallana gigas
    Magallana gigas
    Magallana gigas
    Magallana gigas
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) )
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) )
    Hosted externally
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Gambia, North Bank, Mondin, at low tide, in mangro...
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Gambia, North Bank, Mondin, at low tide, in mangro...
    Hosted externally
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westensc...
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westensc...
    Hosted externally
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Seto Naikai (Inland Sea of Seto), by fishing, coll...
    To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Seto Naikai (Inland Sea of Seto), by fishing, coll...
    Hosted externally
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