Ostrea angasi
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| Ostrea angasi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | Ostrea |
| Species: | O. angasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ostrea angasi Sowerby, 1871 |
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The southern mud oyster or native flat oyster, Ostrea angasi, is endemic to southern Australia, ranging from Western Australia to southeast New South Wales and around Tasmania.
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[edit] Habitat
Sheltered silty or sand bottomed estuaries at depths of between 1 and 30 m.
[edit] Diet
Flat oysters, like all other oyster species are filter feeders, feeding on, and taking in anything small enough to be filtered in their gills. This may include plankton, micro-algae or inorganic material.
[edit] General
The oyster industry in southern Australia has started farming Ostrea angasi, after supplies of wild caught individuals were exhausted due to over-fishing.
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