- English Common Name
- Indian Backwater Oyster
- Scientific name
- Crassostrea bilineata
- Taxonomy
- Order: Ostreoida, Family: Ostreidae
- Size
- About 9 cm
- Species Distribution
- Southern China Sea, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- It has a hard shell, and lives attached to rocks. This species has dense populations within very small areas. Okinawa Island is the only place this species is found in Japan.
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- Updated July 2018
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