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CAAB Taxon Code: 23 257006
Scientific Name and Authority: Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 257 Ostreidae (oysters)    show full list

Common Name: Sydney rock oyster
Suggested Indexable Form: oyster, Sydney rock
Common Names List: Sydney rock oyster
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Sydney Rock Oyster; Oyster
Organism Type: an oyster

Other names used in Australia: Saccostrea commercialis; Ostrea commercialis; Saccostrea cucullata glomerata

Taxon Notes:
Scientific Name Notes:
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Parent Codes (if any):
   23 257000 .. Ostreidae - undifferentiated .. oysters
Child Codes (if any):
   
Previous Codes (if any):
  23 257003

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: Yes

Record source:
   Lamprell, K.; Healy, J., 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden.

Scientific Name verified against:
   Lamprell, K.; Healy, J., 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden.

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory