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. 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)[2]

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

See also

References
  1. Salvi, D., Mariottini, P. (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. "Crassostrea iredalei (Faustino, 1932)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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