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Hyotissa
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Hyotissa

Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks. 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.