Magallana bilineata
Appearance
Philippine cupped oyster | |
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Specimen from the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie | |
Freshly harvested specimens from Malolos, Bulacan | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Magallana |
Species: | M. bilineata
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Binomial name | |
Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Magallana bilineata, commonly known as the Philippine cupped oyster or slipper oyster, is an economically important species of true oyster found abundantly in the western Pacific Ocean, from the Philippines to Tonga and Fiji. In 2020 an exotic population was discovered in north-east Australia.[2] They grow attached to hard objects in brackish shallow intertidal or subtidal waters, at depths of 0 to 300 metres (0 to 984 ft). They are cultured extensively in the Philippines, where annual landings can range from 11,700 to 18,300 tons. They are known as talaba or talabang tsinelas ("slipper oyster") in Filipino to distinguish them from talabang kukong kabayo ("horse-hoof oyster", Saccostrea malabonensis)[3]
See also
[edit]- Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas)
References
[edit]- ^ Salvi, D., Mariottini, P. (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Willan, Richard C; Nenadic, Nikolina; Ramage, Anita; McDougall, Carmel (2021). "Detection and identification of the large, exotic, crassostreine oyster Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798) in northern Queensland, Australia". Molluscan Research. 41 (1): 64–74. doi:10.1080/13235818.2020.1865515. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Crassostrea iredalei (Faustino, 1932)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 15 December 2018.