Kromme-Geelhout-Database
Species details
Genus
Genus : Striostrea
Family: Ostreidae (Mollusca/Bivalvia)
Taxon : Marine Molluscs
Group : Animal
SPECIES
margaritaceaNOTES
A heavy, elongate shell to 130 mm. It has a deep, cup-shaped, multilayered lower valve which is cemented to rocks at or below the low-tide level. The upper valve has fine, concentric lamellae. A filter feeder.
AUTHORITY
(Lamark, 1819)Sub Author
Conservation
CommonHabit
Not ApplicableLand Invertebrate
n/aColour
- Notes: Cream with purplish-pink streaks. Interior tinged purple
- Colour: Cream
Common Name
- Commercial oyster
- Eetbare oester
- Cape rock oyster
- Oyster
- Eetbare oester
Habitat
- NOTES: Collected 1990 on the beach at the river mouth
- HABITAT NAME: Beach
Uses
- Food
- An edible oyster which is harvested commercially
Months
- All year
Synonyms for Species
- Crassostrea margaritacea
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