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Sydney rock oyster

mollusk

Also known as: Crassostrea commercialis

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distinguishing features

In oyster
virginica, the Sydney rock oyster (Crassostrea commercialis) changes sex; born male, it changes to female later in life. It is the most economically important Australian edible oyster.
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