Magallana

Magallana is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) 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.[1][2]

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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Species

Extant species

Extant species include:[3]

Genetics

The genome of Magallana gigas has been recently sequenced [5] revealing an extensive set of genes that enable it to cope with environmental stresses.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Taxon list for Magallana. World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 1 March 2012.
  4. "Crassostrea iredalei (Faustino, 1932)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. Zhang, G.; Fang, X.; Guo, X.; Li, L.; Luo, R.; Xu, F.; Yang, P.; Zhang, L.; Wang, X.; Qi, H.; Xiong, Z.; Que, H.; Xie, Y.; Holland, P. W. H.; Paps, J.; Zhu, Y.; Wu, F.; Chen, Y.; Wang, J.; Peng, C.; Meng, J.; Yang, L.; Liu, J.; Wen, B.; Zhang, N.; Huang, Z.; Zhu, Q.; Feng, Y.; Mount, A.; Hedgecock, D. (2012). "The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation". Nature. 490 (7418): 49–54. Bibcode:2012Natur.490...49Z. doi:10.1038/nature11413. PMID 22992520.
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