Evidence for the presence of the Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata, in northern China. From: Journal of Shellfish Research | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Batista, Frederico M.; Boudry, Pierre; Heurtebise, Serge; Lapegue, Sylvie; Yu, Ziniu | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Shellfisheries Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ABSTRACT The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), and the Portuguese oyster, C. angulata (Lamarck), are two closely related taxa. Although these two taxa were both introduced from Asia into Europe, one (C. gigas) was voluntarily introduced in the early 1970s, whereas the other (C. angulata) was presumed to be present in Europe for at least four centuries, but nearly disappeared because of disease. Few C. angulata populations remained in southern Portugal, Spain and Morocco ...

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