Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
(Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster)

Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMagallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster)
SubfamilyCRASSOSTREINAE (a subfamily of molluscs)
FamilyOSTREIDAE (oysters)
SuperfamilyOSTREOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderOSTREOIDA (an order of molluscs)
SubclassPTERIOMORPHIA (fan mussels)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() The Bishop Group 2011 *** Marine Aliens - Identification guide for selected marine non-native species ***(Superseded) 2nd edition, 24pp, Marine Biological Association

Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster, Portuguese Oyster)
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