name: Pacific Oyster

flavor_db_name_variants: pacific oyster

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Pacific oyster

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name_scientific: Crassostrea gigas

description: The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster or Miyagi oyster (Crassostrea gigas), is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. The shell of Crassostrea gigas varies widely with the environment where it is attached. Its large, rounded, radial folds are often extremely rough and sharp. The two valves of the shell are slightly different in size and shape, the right valve being moderately concave. Shell colour is variable, usually pale white or off-white. Mature specimens can vary from 80 mm to 400 mm long.

itis_id: 79868

wikipedia_id: Pacific_oyster

picture_file_name: 433.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 94502

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:41:49.000Z

legacy_id: 460

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Mollusks

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:41.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 29159

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00425