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Hyotissa
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Hyotissa

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

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

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant Honeycomb Oyster

speciesHyotissa hyotis

Atlantic Foam Oyster

speciesHyotissa mcgintyi

Hyotissa sinensis

speciesHyotissa sinensis

Hyotissa fisheri

speciesHyotissa fisheri

coin oyster

speciesHyotissa numisma

Saddle-shaped Oyster

speciesHyotissa inermis

Hyotissa quercinus

speciesHyotissa quercinus

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 196216.