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Family: Gryphaeidae honeycomb oysters



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12 species (see list below)
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific and Western
Max. Length 30 cm SHH
Hyotissa hyotis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Hyotissa hyotis
[Honeycomb oyster]
No picture found
 
Hyotissa mcgintyi
[]
No picture found
 
Hyotissa numisma
[]
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Hyotissa sinensis
[]
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Neopycnodonta musashiana
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc

Neopycnodonte cochlear(Poli, 1795)

Photo by FAO
 
Neopycnodonte cochlear
[Deepsea oyster]
No picture found
 
Parahyotissa chemnitz
[]
No picture found
 
Parahyotissa imbricata
[]
No picture found
 
Parahyotissa inermis
[]
No picture found
 
Parahyotissa mcgintyi
[McGinty's oyster]
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Pycnodonte fischeri
[]
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Pycnodonte hyotis
[]


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