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Species List for Subfamily: Crassostreinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Ostreida (Order) > Ostreoidea (Superfamily) >
Ostreidae
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Crassostreinae
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Subfamily: Crassostreinae
Genus: Magallana
Magallana gigas
(Thunberg, 1793)
Length 200mm, Width 85mm. with records over 240mm
Pacific Oyster, Tio, Marine, Non-indigenous
North Island and north-western and south-eastern South Island, NZ. Japan, China and south-east Asia, from 0-188m
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Fw
=
Freshwater
L
=
Land
N
=
North Island
S
=
South Island
R
=
Recent
Sf
=
Subfossil
Fo
=
Fossil