''Hyotissa'' is a
genus
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of large saltwater oysters,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Gryphaeidae
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.
All species ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204006 on 2021-03-13]
Species in this genus are known as honeycomb oysters, or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.
Species
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Hyotissa haitensis''
(Sowerby, 1850)
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Hyotissa hyotis''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) - Giant honeycomb oyster
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Hyotissa inermis
''Hyotissa'' is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
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(G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
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Hyotissa mcgintyi
''Hyotissa mcgintyi'', also known as ''Parahyotissa mcgintyi'', is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Gryphaeidae. This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean, primarily in the Caribbean, but has been recorded as far north a ...
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(Harry, 1985)
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Hyotissa numisma
''Hyotissa'' is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...
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(Lamarck, 1819)
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Hyotissa quercina
''Hyotissa'' is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...
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(G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
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Hyotissa sinensis
''Hyotissa'' is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...
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(Gmelin, 1791)
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Hyotissa semiplana
''Hyotissa semiplana'' is an extinct species of large saltwater oysters, a fossil marine bivalve mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 ...
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(de Sowerby 1825)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Hyotissa chemnitzii''
(Hanley, 1846): synonym of ''
Dendostrea rosacea''
(Deshayes, 1836)
* ''Hyotissa quercina''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1871): synonym of ''
Hyotissa quercinus
''Hyotissa'' is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...
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(G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (incorrect spelling of specific epithet (quercinus is a noun in apposition))
* ''Hyotissa thomasi''
(McLean, 1941): synonym of ''Hyotissa mcgintyi''
(Harry, 1985)
References
* Stenzel H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.),
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology
The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,'' published from 1953–2007 by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, then 2009–present by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, is a definitive multi-authore ...
, pt. N, vol. 3, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence. 3(6): 953–1224
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
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,
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Gryphaeidae
Bivalve genera
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