Rock oyster
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.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists these species:- Saccostrea circumsuta
- Saccostrea cucullata – hooded oyster
- Saccostrea echinata – tropical black-lip rock oyster
- Saccostrea glomerata - Sydney rock oyster
- Saccostrea kegaki Torigoe & Inaba, 1981
- Saccostrea malabonensis – Philippine hooded oyster
- Saccostrea mordoides Z.-M. Cui, L.-S. Hu, C. Li, Z. Zhang, X.-M. Guo & H.-Y. Wang, 2021
- Saccostrea palmula
- † Saccostrea saccellus
- Saccostrea scyphophilla
- Saccostrea spathulata
- Saccostrea subtrigona
- † Saccostrea virleti
- Saccostrea commercialis : synonym of Saccostrea glomerata
- Saccostrea cucullata : synonym of Saccostrea cuccullata
- Saccostrea forskahlii : synonym of Saccostrea cuccullata
- Saccostrea margaritacea : synonym of Striostrea margaritacea
- Saccostrea mordax : synonym of Saccostrea scyphophilla
- Saccostrea tubulifera : synonym of ''Saccostrea palmula''