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

# Pacific Oyster

> Magallana gigas — Altri animali. 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` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e 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

![Pacific Oyster](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=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).