Rock oyster
Rock oyster | |
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Scientific classification | |
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[]
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). "Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
Categories:
- Saccostrea
- Bivalve stubs