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Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)Species Images
The common Rock Oyster, found in the upper mid-tidal zone on rocks
On rocks at mid tide. Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 50-60mm
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Ostreida (Order) > Ostreoidea (Superfamily) > Ostreidae (Family) > Saccostreinae (Subfamily) > Saccostrea (Genus) > glomerata (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
OSTREIDAE: SACCOSTREINAE
Size/Grows to:
Length 80mm, Width 55mm
Genus Synonyms:
=Ostrea (Saccostrea) Dolfus & Dautzenberg, 1920
=Parastriostrea Harry, 1985
=Saxostrea Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Ostrea commercialis Iredale & Roughley, 1933
=Ostrea glomerata Gould, 1850
=Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale & Roughley, 1933)
=Saccostrea cuccullata glomerata (Gould, 1850)
=Saxostrea commercialis (Iredale & Roughley, 1933)
Distribution:
Northern half of North Island
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Northern Rock Oyster, Tio, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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) (p.3)
  • Eagle, M.K. Dec/2011 Oystering: Notes resulting from an April/2011 field-trip, Poirieria, 36 (p.6)
  • Lam, K., Morton, B. 2006 Morphological and mitochondrial-DNA analysis of the Indo-West Pacific rock oysters (Ostreidae: Saccostrea species)., Journal of Molluscan Studies, 72 (p.243)
  • Harry, H.W. 1985 Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae), The Veliger, 28(2) (p.150)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.376)
  • Gardner, N.W. Sep/1977 Our Oysters, Poirieria, 9(2) (p.33)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil