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Taxonomy
Ostrea gigas was named by Thunberg (1793). It is extant.
It was recombined as Crassostrea gigas by Lam and Morton (2009) and Raith et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Crassostrea gigas by Lam and Morton (2009) and Raith et al. (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1793 | Ostrea gigas Thunberg pp. 140-142 |
| 1928 | Ostrea gigas Nagao p. 33 |
| 2009 | Crassostrea gigas Lam and Morton p. 485 |
| 2016 | Crassostrea gigas Raith et al. p. 265 |
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Crassostrea gigas Thunberg 1793 [giant Pacific oyster]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian | Japan | Crassostrea gigas (44962) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Fukushima) | Crassostrea gigas (62295) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Taiwan | Ostrea gigas (96252) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Taiwan | Ostrea gigas (96273) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan | Ostrea gigas (96946 97028) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Ostrea gigas (96943 96944) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Ostrea gigas (51310) | |
| Holocene | Taiwan (N/A) | Crassostrea gigas (208975) | |
| Holocene | Japan (Akita) | Ostrea gigas (56380) |