Taxon Report

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CAAB Taxon Code: 23 257001
Scientific Name and Authority: Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 257 Ostreidae (oysters)    show full list

Common Name: Pacific oyster
Suggested Indexable Form: oyster, Pacific
Common Names List: Pacific oyster
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Pacific Oyster; Oyster
FAO Name: Pacific cupped oyster

Organism Type: an oyster

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: Native to the northern Pacific, this species has been widely introduced for aquaculture. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 653002 (FISHLIST 653002).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 257000 .. Ostreidae - undifferentiated .. oysters
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 653002, 653002

ITIS (USA) identifier for this taxon: 79868

Cleveland List Code(s) for this taxon: M3070105

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: Yes

Record source:
   Lamprell, K.; Healy, J., 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden.

Scientific Name verified against:
   Lamprell, K.; Healy, J., 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden.

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory