WRiMS taxon details
Magallana Salvi & Mariottini, 2016
836032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836032)
accepted
Genus
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (type by original designation)
- Species Magallana angulata (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
- Species Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
- Species Magallana sikamea (Amemiya, 1928)
- Species Magallana rivularis (A. Gould, 1861) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Salvi D. & Mariottini P. (2017 [nomenclatural availability: 2016]). Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus <i>Magallana</i> (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(2): 263-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455
page(s): 271 [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Magallana Salvi & Mariottini, 2016. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836032 on 2025-05-13
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Magallana Salvi & Mariottini, 2016. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836032 on 2025-05-13
Date
action
by
original description
Salvi D. & Mariottini P. (2017 [nomenclatural availability: 2016]). Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genus <i>Magallana</i> (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(2): 263-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12455
page(s): 271 [details]
additional source Bayne B.L., Ahrens M., Allen S. K., Anglès D'auriac M., Backeljau T., Beninger P., Bohn R., Boudry P., Davis J., Green T., Guo X., Hedgecock D., Ibarra A., Kingsley-Smith P., Krause M., Langdon C., Lapègue S., Li C., Manahan D., Mann R., Perez-Paralle L., Powell E.N., Rawson P.D., Speiser D., SanchezJ.L., Shumway S. & Wang H. (2017). The proposed dropping of the genus <i>Crassostrea</i> for all Pacific cupped oysters and Its replacement by a new genus <i>Magallana</i>: A dissenting view. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 6(3): 545-547., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0301
note: treated as synonym of Crassostrea [details]
additional source Guo, X.; Li, C.; Wang, H.; Xu, Z. (2018). Diversity and evolution of living oysters. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 37(4): 755-771., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.037.0407 [details] Available for editors
additional source Willan, R. C. (2021). <i>Magallana</i> or mayhem?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 41 (1): 75-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2020.1865514 [details]
additional source Salvi D., Macali A. & Mariottini P. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(9): e108696., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108696 [details]
status source Sigwart, J. D.; Wong, N. L. W. S.; Esa, Y. (2021). Global controversy in oyster systematics and a newly described species from SE Asia (Bivalvia: Ostreidae: Crassostreinae). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 51(5)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01203-x
note: Treated as subgenus of Crassostrea [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
additional source Bayne B.L., Ahrens M., Allen S. K., Anglès D'auriac M., Backeljau T., Beninger P., Bohn R., Boudry P., Davis J., Green T., Guo X., Hedgecock D., Ibarra A., Kingsley-Smith P., Krause M., Langdon C., Lapègue S., Li C., Manahan D., Mann R., Perez-Paralle L., Powell E.N., Rawson P.D., Speiser D., SanchezJ.L., Shumway S. & Wang H. (2017). The proposed dropping of the genus <i>Crassostrea</i> for all Pacific cupped oysters and Its replacement by a new genus <i>Magallana</i>: A dissenting view. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 6(3): 545-547., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0301
note: treated as synonym of Crassostrea [details]
additional source Guo, X.; Li, C.; Wang, H.; Xu, Z. (2018). Diversity and evolution of living oysters. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 37(4): 755-771., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.037.0407 [details] Available for editors
additional source Willan, R. C. (2021). <i>Magallana</i> or mayhem?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 41 (1): 75-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2020.1865514 [details]
additional source Salvi D., Macali A. & Mariottini P. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(9): e108696., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108696 [details]
status source Sigwart, J. D.; Wong, N. L. W. S.; Esa, Y. (2021). Global controversy in oyster systematics and a newly described species from SE Asia (Bivalvia: Ostreidae: Crassostreinae). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 51(5)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01203-x
note: Treated as subgenus of Crassostrea [details]
