Pycnodonteinae
The Gryphaeidae, common name the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters, are a family of marine bivalve mollusks. This family of bivalves is very well represented in the fossil record, however the number of living species is very few.
9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Hyotissa
genusHyotissa
Cretaceous Devil's Toenail Oysters
genusTexigryphaea
Neopycnodonte
genusNeopycnodonte
Pycnodonte
genusPycnodonte
Empressostrea
genusEmpressostrea
Argutostrea
genusArgutostrea
Crenostrea
genusCrenostrea
Pycnogryphaea
genusPycnogryphaea
Gigantostrea
genusGigantostrea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 871440.