---
title: "Huître creuse du Pacifique"
description: "Magallana gigas — Autres animaux. The Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), also called the Japanese oyster, is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/pacific-oyster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Huître creuse du Pacifique

> Magallana gigas — Autres animaux. 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` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- 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

![Huître creuse du Pacifique](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=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).