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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Ostreoidea: Ostreidae

Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Introduced species


Synonymy

Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793
Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1861
Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862
Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934
Lopha beringi Vialov, 1946
Lopha newelskyi Vialov, 1946
Lopha zawoikoi Vialov, 1946

Details


Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793,
[Basis of the current name]
Comments: Introduced along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, but apparently not established (Turgeon et al. 1998: 179).

Lopha beringi Vialov, 1946, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Ostrea laperousii Schrenck, 1861, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Lopha newelskyi Vialov, 1946, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Ostrea posjetica Razin, 1934, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, 1862, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Lopha zawoikoi Vialov, 1946, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s



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