Species Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778)
Rock Oyster (Spiny Oyster for the "echinata" morphotype)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Ostrea echinata Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu 954 pp., atlas, 107 pls. [455, pl. 76, figs 13, 14].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2006. Morphological and mitochondrial-DAN analysis of the Indo-West Pacific rock oysters (Ostreidae: Saccostrea species). Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 235-245 [243] (authors synonymise S. cucullata super species and S. echinata)
- 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (taxon table. See table for synonyms of S. cucullata and S. echinata. Taxonomic consensus needs to be achieved in the literature, before a solid synonymy can be formed)
Generic Combinations
- Saccostrea cucullata cucullata (Born, 1778). —
Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2006. Morphological and mitochondrial-DAN analysis of the Indo-West Pacific rock oysters (Ostreidae: Saccostrea species). Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 235-245 [243]
Introduction
According to Torigoe (2004) and Huber (2010) this taxon is restricted to the Atlantic and West Indian Ocean. However, no molecular substanciation to this claim is available and while hypotheses exist regarding the type materials geographical origins, it is premature to collapse the Australia material identified as S. cucullata to misidentified material of other taxa.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Might cover the entire Tropical Indo-West Pacific. However, a revision of the taxon is needed. Australian distribution was extensively revised by Lam & Morton (2006: p. 244)
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Habitat:mangrove, rocky shore; substrate:rocks.
General References
Bussarawit, S., Gravlund, P., Glenner, H. & Rasmussen, A.R. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of Thai oyster (Ostreidae) based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 67: 1-9
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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [610] (author rejects S. cucullata from Australia indicating that the species in Australia is either new or belongs in a complex of species. The judgement is here not considered as no proper taxonomic revision substantiates this claim)
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [192] (Discussion of systematics of S. cucullata and S. mordax)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [12]
Kirkendale, L., Lee, T., Baker, P. & ÓFoighil, D. 2004. Oysters of the Conch Republic (Florida Keys): a molecular phylogenetic study of Parahyotissa mcginty, Teskeyostrea weberi and Ostreola equestris. Malacologia 46(2): 309-326
Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2006. Morphological and mitochondrial-DAN analysis of the Indo-West Pacific rock oysters (Ostreidae: Saccostrea species). Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 235-245 (extensive discussion of this subspecies in Australia)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [134]
Morris, S. 1985. Preliminary guide to the oysters of Hong Kong. Asian Marine Biology 2: 119-138 [125-128]
Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [104]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [91]
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [250]
Torigoe, K. 2004. Oysters in the world. Part 2. Systematic description of the Recent oysters. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 3(3): 1-63, pls I-XIII, index (1-9) [30, 31, pl. 6, figs 4a-4d]
Common Name References
Lam, K. & Morton, B. 2009. Oysters (Bivalvia: Ostraeidae and Gryphaeidae) recorded from Malaysia and Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57(2): 481-494 [482] (Rock Oyster)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 20-Dec-2021 | BIVALVIA | 20-Dec-2021 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 23-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | OSTREOIDEA | 07-Feb-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 07-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |