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Crassostrea gigas  (Thunberg, 1793)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79868

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Pacific giant oyster [English]
 
    Pacific oyster [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassPteriomorphia   
                         OrderOstreida   
                            SuperfamilyOstreoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyOstreidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                  GenusCrassostrea Sacco, 1897  
                                     SpeciesCrassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) – Pacific giant oyster, Pacific oyster  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Crassostrea gigas gigas (Thunberg, 1793)  
                                        Subspecies Crassostrea gigas kumamoto   
                                        Subspecies Crassostrea gigas laperousii Schrenck  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Crassostrea gigas   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Crassostrea gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crassostrea gigas   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
    East Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

   

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