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Gryphaeidae
Sign in to savethumb|Praeexogyra hebridica from the Frome Clay (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Langton Herring, Dorset, England. thumb|Liostrea strigilecula from the Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southwestern Utah.
Species
ベッコウガキ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderOstreida
- FamilyGryphaeidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 264
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Gryphaeidae
- Collections
- LACM, SDNHM, UCMP, UF, NMMNHS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Subfamilies
- Genera and species
- References
thumb|Praeexogyra hebridica from the Frome Clay (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Langton Herring, Dorset, England. thumb|Liostrea strigilecula from the Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southwestern Utah.
The Gryphaeidae, common name the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters, are a family of marine bivalve mollusks. This family of bivalves is very well represented in the fossil record, however the number of living species is very few.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gryphaeidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.