Species ID
View AllSydney Rock Oyster
( Saccostrea glomerata )
Description
Other names
Sydney Oyster, Western Rock Oyster (if from WA), Rock Oyster, Commercial Oyster
How to Catch
Distribution
Eating
Fast Facts
- Is a member of the family Ostreidae (true oysters)
- Not to be confused with Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
- Can grow to 8cm in length
- Endemic to Australian waters from VIC north around to WA
- Commercially farmed
- Is a type of marine mollusc
- Found in estuaries, bays and coastal rock platforms
- Filter feeders
- The shells make for popular household ornaments
- Considered Australia’s tastiest oyster
- Good eating raw or cooked
