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Hyotissa
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Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.
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Vinony files it under Bivalve genera and Gryphaeidae.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderOstreida
- FamilyGryphaeidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 552
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Gryphaeidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, UCMP, UF, DMNH
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, United States, Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.
Species in this genus are known as honeycomb oysters, or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyotissa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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