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