Magallana

Magallana
Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Magallana
Salvi & Mariottini, 2016
Species

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Magallana is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae)[1] containing some of the most important oysters used for food. Species in this genus have been moved from Crassostrea after it was found to be paraphyletic.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Salvi, Daniele; Macali, Armando; Mariottini, Paolo (2014). "Molecular Phylogenetics and Systematics of the Bivalve Family Ostreidae Based on rRNA Sequence-Structure Models and Multilocus Species". PLOS ONE. 9 (9): e108696. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108696. PMC 4177229. PMID 25250663.
  3. ^ Salvi, Daniele; Mariottini, Paolo (2021). "Revision shock in Pacific oysters taxonomy: the genus Magallana (formerly Crassostrea in part) is well-founded and necessary". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192: 43-58. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa112. Retrieved 7 August 2021.