WoRMS taxon details
Saccostrea scyphophilla (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
506735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506735)
accepted
Species
Crassostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939) · unaccepted
Ostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939) · unaccepted
Ostrea forskali var. sueli Jousseaume, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ostrea scyphophilla F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Saxostrea amasa Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Saxostrea scyphophilla (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostrea scyphophilla F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807) Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). <i>Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804</i>. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.44096
page(s): 1: 119 [details]
page(s): 1: 119 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Saccostrea scyphophilla (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506735 on 2026-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostrea scyphophilla F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807) Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). <i>Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804</i>. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.44096
page(s): 1: 119 [details]
original description (of Saxostrea amasa Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 399, pl. 7 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Ostrea mordax var. cornucopiaeformis Saville-Kent, 1893) Saville-Kent W (1893) The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities, pp. 1-387, pls. 1-48, chromo pls. 1-16. Allen & Co., London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10697730
page(s): 248, chromo-pl. 14 figs 3-4 [details]
original description (of Ostrea forskali var. sueli Jousseaume, 1925) Lamy, E. (1925). Les Huîtres de la mer Rouge (d'après les matériaux recueillis par le Dr Jousseaume). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 31: 190-196, 252-257, 317-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51949906
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 1: 119 [details]
original description (of Saxostrea amasa Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 399, pl. 7 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Ostrea mordax var. cornucopiaeformis Saville-Kent, 1893) Saville-Kent W (1893) The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities, pp. 1-387, pls. 1-48, chromo pls. 1-16. Allen & Co., London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10697730
page(s): 248, chromo-pl. 14 figs 3-4 [details]
original description (of Ostrea forskali var. sueli Jousseaume, 1925) Lamy, E. (1925). Les Huîtres de la mer Rouge (d'après les matériaux recueillis par le Dr Jousseaume). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 31: 190-196, 252-257, 317-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51949906
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Lam K. & Morton B. (2004). The oysters of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae and Gryphaeidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52. pp 11-28. [details]
additional source Lukehurst, S. S.; Tan, S. K.; Tan, K. S.; Dehm, J.; Hewavitharane, C.; Wells, F. E. (2026). Clarifying the identities of <i>Saccostrea scyphophilla</i> (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) and <i>S. mordax</i> (Gould, 1850) (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5799(1): 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5799.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lukehurst, S. S.; Tan, S. K.; Tan, K. S.; Dehm, J.; Hewavitharane, C.; Wells, F. E. (2026). Clarifying the identities of <i>Saccostrea scyphophilla</i> (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) and <i>S. mordax</i> (Gould, 1850) (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5799(1): 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5799.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | coral rock oyster [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Saxostrea amasa Iredale, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Saccostrea scyphophilla)
To GenBank (250 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807) Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Beach, low tid...
To Malacopics (Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807) South Africa, Western Cape, False Ba...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Saxostrea amasa Iredale, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Crassostrea amasa (Iredale, 1939))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Saccostrea scyphophilla)
To GenBank (250 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807) Indonesia, Bali, Kuta Beach, low tid...
To Malacopics (Saccostrea scyphophilla (Peron & Lesueur, 1807) South Africa, Western Cape, False Ba...
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