Hyotissa mcgintyi

Animalia — Mollusca

Classis : Bivalvia 
Ordo : Ostreida 
Familia : Gryphaeidae 
Genus : Hyotissa 
Species : H. mcgintyi 

Hyotissa mcgintyi 
(Harry, 1985)  

Hyotissa mcgintyi est aquae salsae conchylium familiae Gryphaeidarum, marinum magnitudinis mediae molluscum bivalve, in Oceano Atlantico occidentali endemicum. Species huius familiae ostreae favosae (Anglice honeycomb oysters) appellantur quia sub microscopio structura earum testae spumosa videtur.

Bibliographia

• Rüdiger Bieler et al. 2004. "Discovery of the Indo-Pacific oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae) in the Florida Keys" in Molluscan Research vol. 24 (2004) pp. 149-159
• Mikkelsen, Paula M., et Rüdiger Bieler. 2008. Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions. Princetoniae: Princeton University Press. ISBN–10: 0–691–11606–7.

Nexus externi

Bivalvia

Haec stipula ad bivalve spectat. Amplifica, si potes!