Portuguese oyster

species of mollusc
Taxon fossil_taxon Q2577502
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Portuguese oyster

Summary

Portuguese oyster is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portuguese oyster's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Portuguese oyster is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Portuguese oyster belongs to the parent taxon Crassostrea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Portuguese oyster is Crassostrea angulata[6].
  • Portuguese oyster's Commons category is recorded as Crassostrea angulata[7].
  • Portuguese oyster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crassostrea angulata[8].
  • Portuguese oyster's Commons gallery is recorded as Crassostrea angulata[9].
  • Portuguese oyster is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '葡萄牙牡蠣'}[10].
  • Portuguese oyster is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'ostra portuguesa'}[11].
  • Portuguese oyster's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Portuguese oyster is Crassostrea angulata[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Crassostrea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '葡萄牙牡蠣'}[10] and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'ostra portuguesa'}[11].

Identifiers

Portuguese oyster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 558553[13]. Portuguese oyster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2286078[14]. Portuguese oyster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79875[15].

Why It Matters

Portuguese oyster ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Crassostrea
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Taxon rank → species
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