---
title: "Southern Flat Oyster"
description: "Ostrea angasi — Andere dieren. The southern mud oyster, Australian flat oyster, native flat oyster, native mud oyster, or angasi oyster (Ostrea angasi), is endemic to southern Australia, ranging from Western Australia to southeast New South Wales and around Tasmania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-flat-oyster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Flat Oyster

> Ostrea angasi — Andere dieren. The southern mud oyster, Australian flat oyster, native flat oyster, native mud oyster, or angasi oyster (Ostrea angasi), is endemic to southern Australia, ranging from Western Australia to southeast New South Wales and around Tasmania.

- Scientific name: *Ostrea angasi*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 6751
- Wikidata: [Q7107731](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7107731)
- iNaturalist taxon: [566644](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/566644)

## Names

- en: Southern Flat Oyster

## Countries with the most observations

AU (5985)

## Summary

The southern mud oyster, Australian flat oyster, native flat oyster, native mud oyster, or angasi oyster (Ostrea angasi), is endemic to southern Australia, ranging from Western Australia to southeast New South Wales and around Tasmania. Ostrea angasi superficially resembles Ostrea edulis and both species may be referred to with the name "flat oyster". However, the two species do not occur naturally in the same geographic distribution.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrea_angasi

## Photo

![Southern Flat Oyster](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-flat-oyster/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sowerby, 1871 · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.MOL.319376_2_-_Ostrea_angasi_Sowerby,_1871_-_Ostreidae_-_Mollusc_shell.jpeg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-flat-oyster?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).