Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Ostreidae
Valves generally higher than long; without regular spaced ribs radiating from the umbones (if riblike extensions are present, they follow no particular pattern ); valves without winglike extensions on both sides of the umbones; animal without eyes along the edge of the mantle.
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 65 meters (214 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Suborder:
Ostreina
()
- Superfamily:
Ostreoidea
()
- Family:
Ostreidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- True Oysters
- Subfamily:
Ostreinae
()
- Genus:
Saccostrea
()
- Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1920
- Specific name:
commercialis
- (Iredale; Roughley, 1933)
- Scientific name: - Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale; Roughley, 1933)
- Specific name:
commercialis
- (Iredale; Roughley, 1933)
- Genus:
Saccostrea
(
- Subfamily:
Ostreinae
(
- Family:
Ostreidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ostreoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ostreina
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Saccostrea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. cuccullata (Sydney Cupped Oyster)
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Further Reading
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- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 581, p. 585, p. 586, p. 589.
- Mussel watch worldwide literature survey - 1991 / Adriana Y. Cantillo. Rockville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, [1991] url p. 104, p. 130, p. 97.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 233, p. 236, p. 237, p. 350, p. 351, p. 357, p. 384, p. 412.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5573955
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15581936
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2487496
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 121.820 based on 6 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
