Saccostrea est un genre de mollusques bivalves de la famille des Ostreidae. Références taxinomiques Selon World Register of Marine Species (26 février 2011) : Saccostrea circumsuta (Gould, 1850) Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale & Roughley, 1933) Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) 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.
Rock oysters are true oysters of the genus Saccostrea, belonging to the subfamily Saccostreinae of the family Ostreidae. Depending on the environmental factors and the substrates it is found in, individuals can vary greatly in size. They feed on phytoplankton and detritus.
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