Rock oyster
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Rock oysters are true oysters of the genus Saccostrea, belonging to the subfamily Saccostreinae of the family Ostreidae.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Superfamily: | Ostreoidea |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Saccostrea Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920 |
Type species | |
† Ostrea saccellus Dujardin, 1837 | |
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The best-known species is the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata).