Misplaced Pages

Iwagaki oyster

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of bivalve

Iwagaki oyster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Magallana
Species: M. nippona
Binomial name
Magallana nippona
(Seki, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Crassostrea nippona (Seki, 1934)
  • Ostrea nippona Seki, 1934

The Iwagaki oyster (Magallana nippona), is an oyster native to Japan. It was first described in 1934.

Etymology

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

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  2. Definition of giga at dictionary.com.
  3. Definition of crass at dictionary.com.
  4. Definition of ostrea Archived 2010-07-09 at the Wayback Machine at dictionary.com.
  5. Bayne, B. L.; Ahrens, M.; Allen, S. K.; D'auriac, M. Anglès; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Bohn, R.; Boudry, P.; Davis, J.; Green, T.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Ibarra, A.; Kingsley-Smith, P.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapègue, S.; Li, C.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Perez-Paralle, L.; Powell, E. N.; Rawson, P. D.; Speiser, D.; Sanchez, J.-L.; Shumway, S.; Wang, H. (December 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. doi:10.2983/035.036.0301. hdl:20.500.12010/8962.
  6. Bayne, B.; Anglès d'Auriac, M.; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Boudry, P.; Carnegie, R.; Davis, J.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapègue, S.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Powell, E.; Shumway, S. (January 2019). "A scientific name for Pacific oysters" (PDF). Aquaculture. 499: 373. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.048.
  7. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.


Taxon identifiers
Magallana nippona


Stub icon

This Ostreidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: