Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Ostreidae > Subfamily Saccostreinae > Genus Saccostrea

Saccostrea glomerata (A. Gould, 1850)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Saccostrea*	Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920	accepted genus name
*Ostrea (Saccostrea)*	Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920	synonym
*Saxostrea*	Iredale, 1936	synonym

Species group names

*Ostrea commercialis*	Iredale & Roughley, 1933	synonym
*Ostrea glomerata*	A. Gould, 1850	synonym
*Saccostrea commercialis*	(Iredale & Roughley, 1933)	synonym
*Saxostrea commercialis*	(Iredale & Roughley, 1933)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Sydney cupped oyster; Sydney rock oyster sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Sydney-Felsenauster

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
status source	Salvi D., Macali A. & Mariottini P. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree. PLoS ONE. 9(9): e108696.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Saccostrea glomerata (A. Gould, 1850). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397183