Rock oyster

Rock oyster

Taxobox
name = Rock oyster



image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Ostreoida
familia = Ostreidae
genus = "Saccostrea"

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

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