Pacific Oyster

Illustrated: One closed Pacific oyster, elongated irregular off-white to grey shell with brown-purple ridges, deeply cupped lower valve and flatter upper valve. Strong fluted radial folds and concentric lamellae form ruffled angular edges, much more folded than eastern oyster. One complete closed bivalve, no extra shells.

Magallana gigas

All languages

English

Pacific Oyster

Norwegian

stillehavsøsters

Japanese

マガキ — まがき — magaki

Korean

굴 — gul

Spanish

ostra rizada

French

Huître creuse du Pacifique

German

Pazifische Auster

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.