---
title: "Ostra rizada"
description: "Magallana gigas — Otros animales. The Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), also called the Japanese oyster, is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/pacific-oyster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ostra rizada

> Magallana gigas — Otros animales. The Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), also called the Japanese oyster, is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia.

- Scientific name: *Magallana gigas*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 17446
- Wikidata: [Q61695262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61695262)
- iNaturalist taxon: [605992](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/605992)

## Names

- en: Pacific Oyster
- de: Pazifische Auster
- es: Ostra rizada
- fr: Huître creuse du Pacifique

## Countries with the most observations

CA (2283), FR (1179), US (1087), GB (1015), NZ (788), AU (740), IT (492), DE (378), DK (305), NL (243), ES (218), RU (165)

## Summary

The Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), also called the Japanese oyster, is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_oyster

## Photo

![Ostra rizada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-oyster/medium.jpg)

Photo: Al Kordesch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/605992

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pacific-oyster?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).