Kumamoto oyster
| Kumamoto oyster | |
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| Kumamoto oysters at a Taylor Shellfish Company farm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | Magallana |
| Species: | M. sikamea
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| Binomial name | |
| Magallana sikamea Amemiya, 1928
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Magallana sikamea, also known as the Kumamoto oyster or colloquially the Kumie or Kumo, is a species of edible true oyster native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It has been introduced to many other locations to be farmed commercially for food.