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Jurassic Devil's Toenail Oysters
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Jurassic Devil's Toenail Oysters

Gryphaea

Gryphaea, common name Devil's toenails, is a genus of extinct oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Gryphaea dilatata

speciesGryphaea dilatata

Gryphaea arcuata

speciesGryphaea arcuata

Gryphaea culebra

speciesGryphaea culebra

Gryphaea nevadensis

speciesGryphaea nevadensis

Gryphaea nebrascensis

speciesGryphaea nebrascensis

Gryphaea planoconvexa

speciesGryphaea planoconvexa

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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 480150.