MSBIAS taxon details
Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
836033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836033)
accepted
Species
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836033 on 2026-05-29
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836033 on 2026-05-29
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(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]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Portuguese 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] |
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 (102 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea 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 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) Gambia, North Bank, Mondin, at low tide, in mangrov...
To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westensch...
To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Seto Naikai (Inland Sea of Seto), by fishing, colle...
To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) United States, Washington, South Bend, Willipa harb...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
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 USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (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 (102 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea 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 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) Gambia, North Bank, Mondin, at low tide, in mangrov...
To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westensch...
To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Seto Naikai (Inland Sea of Seto), by fishing, colle...
To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) United States, Washington, South Bend, Willipa harb...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
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 USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793))
.jpg "To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Gambia, North Bank, Mondin, at low tide, in mangrov...")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westensch...")
