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Rock oyster

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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).

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Species

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)

    • References

    Rock oyster Wikipedia
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