Suminoe oyster

Suminoe oyster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Magallana
Species:
M. ariakensis
Binomial name
Magallana ariakensis
Fujita, 1913
Synonyms

Crassostrea ariakensis

The Suminoe oyster (Magallana ariakensis), is a species of true oyster which inhabits intertidal hard grounds and substrate, as well as muddy creeks of warm estuaries throughout the western Pacific.[1] It is large and flat in appearance and almost identical in gross morphology to Crassostrea virginica.

  1. ^ "Suminoe Oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) Culture in Korea" Journal of Shellfish Research: 08/2008; 27(3):505–508.

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