Rock oyster

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Rock oyster
Sydney rock oysters.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Saccostrea
Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920 [1]

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

Species[]

The World Register of Marine Species lists these species:[1]

  • (Gould, 1850)
  • Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) – hooded oyster
  • Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) – tropical black-lip rock oyster
  • Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) - Sydney rock oyster
  • Torigoe & Inaba, 1981
  • (Faustino, 1932) – Philippine hooded oyster (talabang kukong kabayo)
  • (Carpenter, 1857)
  • (Peron & Lesueur, 1807)
  • (Lamarck, 1819)
  • (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)
  • (Dall, 1914)

References[]

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). "Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-05-25.


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