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  3. ›Bivalves
  4. ›Autobranchia
  5. ›Pteriomorphia
  6. ›Oysters and Allies
  7. ›Ostreoidea
  8. ›Foam Oysters
  9. ›Pycnodonteinae
  10. ›Hyotissa
Atlantic Foam Oyster
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Atlantic Foam Oyster

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 are known as "honeycomb oysters" or "foam oysters" because under magnification, the majority of their shell structure is characteristically foam-like.

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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 253390.