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Class
Bivalvia 
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Class_C
雙殼綱 
Order
Pterioida 
Order_C
鶯蛤目 
Family
Ostreidae 
Family_C
牡蠣科 
Genus_C
巨牡蠣屬 
Scientific Name
Crassostrea gigas
Nomenclator
(Thunberg, 1793) 
Chinese Name
長牡蠣  China Name 長牡蠣
Chinese Common Name
牡蠣、蚵仔、蠔、大牡蠣 
Synonym
laperousii Schrenck, 1861; talienwhaensis Crosse, 1862; shikamea Amemiya, 1928; elongata Amemiya, 1928 
English Common Name
Giant Pacific Oyster 
Area
台灣、中國、南韓
Taiwan
Distribution
中國廣東省高螺和青草、廣東省汕頭、甲子、碣石、青草、高螺、寶安、唐家環、香洲、南水、橫山、欽州灣(龍門)、海南島保平港、南韓
Habitat
棲息在潮間帶及淺海的岩礁海底,以其左殼固定在岩石上。牡蠣養殖業即以此特性,選擇較為大且完整的殼,用線將之串在一起,然後一排排垂吊在海中,此即俗稱“吊蚵仔”。牡蠣為一廣鹽性的貝類,以濾食浮游生物為食。
Shell Character
殼可呈現多種形狀如卵形或長形,由於其生長附著的位置不同,使得其外殼形狀變化很大。殼帶有灰黑色,間雜有紫色、褐色、黑色或黃色的斑紋及紋點,殼內有一個明顯的帶紫色的閉殼肌痕。
Reference
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Remark
 臺灣的牡蠣科記錄有一屬十四種 (Kuroda 1941),Wu (1980)整理有五屬十八種。牡蠣科較有經濟價值的除了養殖的長牡蠣Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)之外,就是生活在海邊岩石上俗稱石蚵的黑齒牡蠣 Saccostrea mordax (Gould, 1850)。


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