''Hyotissa'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of large saltwater oysters,

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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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 ...

.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 ''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 ...

'' (Sowerby, 1850) *'' Hyotissa hyotis'' (

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Hyotissa inermis ''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 ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) *''

Hyotissa mcgintyi ''Hyotissa mcgintyi'', also known as ''Parahyotissa mcgintyi'', is a species of medium-sized saltwater "oyster", a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Gryphaeidae. This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean. Species in this genus Ge ...

'' (Harry, 1985) *''

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 ...

'' (Lamarck, 1819) *''

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 ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) *''

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 ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''

Hyotissa semiplana ''Hyotissa semiplana'' is an extinct species of large saltwater oysters, a fossil marine bivalve mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or m ...

'' (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. ...

'' (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, 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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