Rock oyster

Updated on Nov 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Saccostrea Higher classification Ostreidae Order Ostreoida		Family Ostreidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

Similar Saccostrea cucullata, Bivalvia, Crassostrea, Molluscs, Pacific oyster

Sydney rock oysters

Rock oysters are true oysters of the genus Saccostrea. The best-known species is the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata).

The World Register of Marine Species lists these species:

Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850)

Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) - hooded oyster

Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) - Sydney rock oyster

Saccostrea kegaki Torigoe & Inaba, 1981

Saccostrea malabonensis (Faustino, 1932)

Saccostrea palmula (Carpenter, 1857)

Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807)

Saccostrea spathulata (Lamarck, 1819)

Saccostrea subtrigona (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)

Saccostrea tubulifera (Dall, 1914)

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