Iwagaki oyster
Species of bivalve
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The Iwagaki oyster (Magallana nippona),[1] is an oyster native to Japan. It was first described in 1934.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | Magallana |
| Species: | M. nippona |
| Binomial name | |
| Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934) | |
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Etymology
The genus Magallana is named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and its specific epithet nippona is for "Japanese".[2] It was previously placed in the genus Crassostrea; from the Latin crass meaning "thick",[3] ostrea meaning "oyster",[4] and Crassostrea nippona is considered by part of the scientific community to be the proper denomination[5][6] as an accepted alternative in WoRMS,[7]
