Biology:Giant honeycomb oyster
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Giant honeycomb oyster | |
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| Hyotissa hyotis in Maldives | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Family: | Gryphaeidae |
| Genus: | Hyotissa |
| Species: | H. hyotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyotissa hyotis | |
The giant honeycomb oyster (Hyotissa hyotis) is a very large saltwater oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk.
Species in this family are known as honeycomb oysters or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.
Like most bivalves, the giant honeycomb oyster is a filter feeder.
shallow in Mayotte
Deeper
Recently dead specimen
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Habitat and range
Its native range is in deeper water in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It has however also been found recently as an accidentally introduced species in the Florida Keys.[1]
Bibliography
- Paula M. Mikkelsen and Rudiger Bieler, 2008, Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and adjacent regions, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, ISBN:0-691-11606-7
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5558473 entry
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