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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Saccostrea Dolfuss & Dautzenberg, 1920

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Saccostrea Dolfuss & Dautzenberg, 1920
   Saxostrea Iredale, 1936

Included taxa

   Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778)
   Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
   Saccostrea mordax (Gould, 1850)
   Saccostrea glomerata (GOULD, 1850 in 1846-50)
   Saccostrea mordax (GOULD, 1850 in 1846-50)
   Saccostrea circumpicta (Pilsbry, 1904)
   Saccostrea malabonensis (Faustino, 1932)
   Saccostrea dactylena Iredale, 1939
   Saccostrea kegaki Torigoe & Inaba, 1981

Common Name

Rock Oysters p.269      Iredale, T. 1936.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Crassostreinae Torigoe, 1981
                        Saccostrea Dolfuss & Dautzenberg, 1920

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19982) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.