Hong Kong oyster

Hong Kong oyster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreoida
Family:	Ostreidae
Genus:	Magallana
Species:	M. glomerata
Binomial name
	Magallana glomerata; (Lam & Morton, 2003)
Synonyms
	Crassostrea hongkongensis

The Hong Kong oyster (Magallana hongkongensis), is a species of true oyster found in Hong Kong and the mouth of Pearl River in China. The species was uniquely identified by comparing the genetic distances of mitochondrial DNA sequences.^[1] The species has a long cultivation history for over 700 years. It is a sister taxon of Magallana nippona.

References

↑ Lam, Katherine. "Mitochondrial DNA and morphological identification of a new species of Crassostrea (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) cultured for centuries in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, China". Aquaculture. 228: 1–13. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00215-1.

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[1] Lam, Katherine. "Mitochondrial DNA and morphological identification of a new species of Crassostrea (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) cultured for centuries in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, China". Aquaculture. 228: 1–13. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00215-1.