Species | Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster) |
Subfamily | CRASSOSTREINAE (a subfamily of molluscs) |
Family | OSTREIDAE (oysters) |
Superfamily | OSTREOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs) |
Order | OSTREOIDA (an order of molluscs) |
Subclass | PTERIOMORPHIA (fan mussels) |
Class | BIVALVIA (bivalves) |
Phylum | MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs) |
Superphylum | LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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() | The Bishop Group | 2011 | *** Marine Aliens - Identification guide for selected marine non-native species ***(Superseded) | 2nd edition, 24pp, Marine Biological Association |
Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster) |
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