Rock oyster
| Rock oyster | |
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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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rock oysters are true oysters of the genus Saccostrea, belonging to the subfamily Saccostreinae of the family Ostreidae.
The best-known species is the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata).