Hyotissa

Hyotissa
Three shells of Hyotissa hyotis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Gryphaeidae
Genus: Hyotissa
Stenzel, 1971
Type species
Mytilus hyotis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Parahyotissa Harry, 1985
  • Parahyotissa (Numismoida) Harry, 1985
  • Parahyotissa (Parahyotissa) Harry, 1985
  • Parahyotissa (Pliohyotissa) Harry, 1985

Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.[1]

Species in this genus are known as honeycomb oysters, or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.

Species

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 (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

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  1. ^ 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
  • Stenzel H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 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, 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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