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SHELL disease on native oysters in Britain initially became established in Essex1. It is now well established there and is present in natives in beds at Whitstable and in Cornwall. It has also been found in Clew Bay, Eire (unpublished report by C. Duggan to Irish Fisheries Department). Authors have suggested that oyster shell disease is caused by the presence of a fungus in the shell2. No clear description of the organism can be traced.
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ALDERMAN, D., JONES, E. Shell Disease of Ostrea edulis L.. Nature 216, 797–798 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216797a0
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