Magallana bilineata

Magallana bilineata, commonly known as the Philippine cupped oyster or slipper oyster, is an economically important species of true oyster found abundantly in the western Pacific Ocean, from the Philippines to Tonga and Fiji. In 2020 an exotic population was discovered in north-east Australia.^[2] They grow attached to hard objects in brackish shallow intertidal or subtidal waters, at depths of 0 to 300 metres (0 to 984 ft). They are cultured extensively in the Philippines, where annual landings can range from 11,700 to 18,300 tons. They are known as talaba or talabang tsinelas ("slipper oyster") in Filipino to distinguish them from talabang kukong kabayo ("horse-hoof oyster", Saccostrea malabonensis)^[3]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Bivalvia

Order:Ostreida

Family:Ostreidae

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Philippine cupped oyster
Specimen from the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie
Freshly harvested specimens from Malolos, Bulacan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreida
Family:	Ostreidae
Genus:	Magallana
Species:	M. bilineata
Binomial name
Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Ostrea bilineata Röding, 1798 Crassostrea bilineata (Röding, 1798) Crassostrea iredalei (Faustino, 1932) Crassostrea madrasensis (Preston, 1916) Ostraea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 Ostraea lugubris G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 Ostrae iredalei Faustino, 1932 Ostrea lischkei Löbbecke, 1882 Ostrea madrasensis Preston, 1916 Ostrea orientalis Dillwyn, 1817 Ostrea pennigera Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925 Ostrea radiata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827

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