Kumamoto oyster | |
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Kumamoto oysters at a Taylor Shellfish Company farm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Magallana |
Species: | M. sikamea
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Binomial name | |
Magallana sikamea Amemiya, 1928
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Magallana sikamea, also known as the Kumamoto oyster or colloquially the Kumie[1] or Kumo,[2] is a species of edible true oyster native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[3] It has been introduced to many other locations to be farmed commercially for food.[3]