Hyotissa

Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks. Species in this genus are known as honeycomb oysters, or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.

Hyotissa
Three shells of Hyotissa hyotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Gryphaeidae
Genus: Hyotissa
Stenzel, 1971

Species
  • Hyotissa haitensis (Sowerby, 1850)
  • Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Giant honeycomb oyster
  • Hyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
  • Hyotissa mcgintyi (Harry, 1985)
  • Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Hyotissa quercina (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
  • Hyotissa sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hyotissa semiplana (de Sowerby 1825)
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
    • The original paper about the discovery of Hyotissa hyotis in the Florida Keys
    • Paula M. Mikkelsen and Rudiger Bieler, 2008, Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and adjacent regions, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, ISBN 0-691-11606-7
    • World Register of Marine Species link: Hyotissa (+species list)
    • "Hyotissa". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
    • Universal Biological Indexer


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