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Rock Oysters
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Rock Oysters

Saccostrea

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

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hooded oyster

speciesSaccostrea cuccullata

Sydney Rock Oyster

speciesSaccostrea glomerata

Coral Rock Oyster

speciesSaccostrea scyphophilla

Spiny Rock Oyster

speciesSaccostrea echinata

Saccostrea palmula

speciesSaccostrea palmula

Japanese Spiny Oyster

speciesSaccostrea kegaki

Crenulate Rock Oyster

speciesSaccostrea mordax

Saccostrea spathulata

speciesSaccostrea spathulata

Philippines Hooded Oyster

speciesSaccostrea malabonensis

Saccostrea subtrigona

speciesSaccostrea subtrigona

Saccostrea circumsuta

speciesSaccostrea circumsuta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 244648.